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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. To be updated

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By tanglefish
August 26th 2009

Korcula Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Korcula

Harbour in Oberic

Korcula day 4-5 (26-27 August) We took a local bus to the bus station to catch our coach to Korcula. It was a scenic ride along the coast to the small town Orebic where the bus got on the Ferry to take us to the island of Korcula after a few hours drive. We had private rooms again here, which were right in the old town. Korcula is a very pretty place, with clear and calm waters that invited you to just spend the day watching the sea from the waterside cafes. Of course we did more than that. The first [View Full Entry]

Nearby Mountains behind harbour in Oberic

By Reber Family
August 25th 2009

Die schönste Bucht Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

Idyllisch

Im Vorfeld der Reise traf ich allerlei Vorkehrungen gegen Diebstahl und bin durch das heutige Erlebnis einmal mehr in meiner Auffassung bestätigt worden, dass wir nicht alles mit zurückbringen, was wir durch die Alpen hergeschleppt haben. Als ich im Hafenbüro die gestrige Übernachtung bezahlen wollte, bekam ich zufällig mit, wie ein Ungar der freundlichen Dame in der Rezeption erklärte: mein Boot ist weg! Aus dem Konzept hat mich allerdings die Ruhe dieser Dame gebracht, die mit ihrem serbo-kroatischem Englisch dem Herrn routiniert die Daten des Bootes abverlangte, als wenn sie beim Pizzablitz [View Full Entry]

By SKMantle
August 25th 2009

3 days with the Palekas in Zadar Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Zadar

At Heathrow waiting for our flight to Croatia

It all went according to plan, it was quite amazing. Although they're were some dicey moments getting to Zadar. We met Son & Kevin when they arrived at Heathrow (I love airport arrivals) and we hung out with Odin for a while. We had a relaxing lunch in the airport waiting for our flight to Zadar. We first flew to Zagreb, which was delayed, and we would have missed our flight to Zadar had that flight not been delayed as well. We arrived rather late in Zadar but with the best meet and greet: Maja, her sister Marina and her Mom, [View Full Entry]

By carterface
August 24th 2009

Rovinj Europe » Croatia » Istria » Rovinj

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Rovinj (pronounced ro-veen) is a small beach community and Mediterranean fishing port. It was mostly built by Venetians when they controlled most of Istria and so the town follows a similar structure to all Venetian cities, just walk around the alleys looking at all the beautiful houses and windows and then eventually you will find the main area of the city. The idea is that no matter where you start, eventually you’ll end up at the most important part of the city (where the ruler or richest person lived). The most important part of the city, for sight seeing, is St. [View Full Entry]

By carterface
August 24th 2009

Pazin Europe » Croatia » Istria

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Pazin is the capitol of Istria yet it is probably the least important city of the bunch. I found the city of Pazin to be relatively uneventful but the fun is not in the city but in the natural wonders around the city. I must have walked 10 miles throughout the whole day. The bus from Pula dropped me off about half-past noon and the first thing I did was look for a bus back. In the summer it seems there are less buses to rural areas like Pazin, because the school season has stopped…I’m still surprised there isn’t more demand [View Full Entry]

By Reber Family
August 24th 2009

Immer noch Bora Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

Sonnenauf- und -untergang

Endlich, nach einigen Anfragen bei Marinahändlern hatte ich heute Glück und bekam den Magnetschalter fürs Bugstrahlruder. Der großzügige Mann wollte, nach einer mehrminütiger Beratung mit seinem Elektriker, natürlich auf kroatisch, mir diesen für 280€ auch verkaufen. Da aber auch meine Großzügigkeit Grenzen kennt, lehnte ich dankend ab. Ein nettes Volk. Sind heute von Rab zur Insel Krk gefahren. Die Auswirkungen der Bora von Samstag waren deutlich zu spüren und tatsächlich wurde heute, nach 2 Wochen, das erste mal auf der Adria unser Deck naß. Und wir auch. Jede Menge Schaumkronen und [View Full Entry]

By tanglefish
August 23rd 2009

Return to Dubrovnik Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

View of fort from wall

Dubrovnik - Day 1-3 (August 23-25) Lovice was kind enough to get up at 5:30am to drive me to Dusseldorf airport in Germany (as the trains wouldn’t get me there on time), which is about the same distance as Amsterdam. We got there with me being a nominal navigator but it was fairly straight forward, and of course no border checks as we were inside the Schengen zone. We had a final breakfast of croissant and brie and said farewell for now (or as I had learned the casual good-bye in the Netherlands is “doei” (pronounced do-ee) which I really [View Full Entry]

An old public drinking fountain still in use today

Looking down the main street in the old town from the wall

By Reber Family
August 23rd 2009

Rab, die III. Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

Was Du kannst, kann ich schon lange....

Den heutigen Eintrag möchte ich den Bootsnamen widmen. Vielen ist er Ausdruck von Individualität oder Lebensfreude, bei anderen ist er eher Form der Zuneigung zur Ehefrau oder zum Haustier. Auf unseren Reisen sahen wir viel Kurioses. Nachdem ich vergebens auf die Begegnung mit dem Schiff, welches auf den vielsagenden Namen „Unsinkbar II“ getauft wurde, wartete , ist mir aufgefallen, dass unheimlich viele Boote Namen aus unserem Freundeskreis tragen. Als mich das Boot Ulli II (eine 50 Fuß Princess Yacht) an meinen alten Freund Ulli erinnerte, kam inspirierte mich dies. Es wird ein [View Full Entry]

By Reber Family
August 22nd 2009

Rab, die II. Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

Der heutige Hafen von Rab

Nachdem wir gestern solch eine schöne Bucht als Wiedergutmachung für den lächerlichen Hafen auf Pag bekommen haben, wollten wir erst gar nicht weiterfahren. Doch Rab hat auch schöne Häfen, wie sich herausstellte. Von der Uferpromenade nicht so schön wie Losinj, aber dafür weniger Italiener (nix gegen Italiener, aber die meisten können leider kein Englisch, was das ganze Miteinander im Hafen echt unkommunikativ macht) und mehr Deutsche. Und eine Fußgängerzone! Haben Enie erstmal wieder was zum Spielen gekauft. Sie hat zwar mehr als genug Spielzeug mit, doch mit ihrer Entwicklung wird sie anspr [View Full Entry]

By AndyMac
August 22nd 2009

Croatia Sailing - Week 14 Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

Week 14

Here is my tour report for the August 22 Split-Dubrovnik tour on the very best boat in Croatia, the Istok. Check-in; Odlicno ('excellent' in Croatian). And I was pleased to find out that not only was group very nice and down-to-earth, but one of the girls was the fashion editor for GQ Magazine, so I knew there were some fantastic outfits ahead! Day 1; Omis Number of pax for dinner; 14 (bbq onboard) Another great bbq like only the Istok can do. Food and drinks on the little roof (instead of meat we had fresh sardines; Cookie force-fed us all about [View Full Entry]

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