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Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik March 24th 2022

As of today, here are the State Department warnings regarding travel to my destinations in May. Serbia: Reconsider your need to travel. It has not been updated since Oct, 2021. Belgrade is only 320 miles from the Ukraine border! Croatia: Exercise a high degree of caution. (Mar 2022) Greece: Same as Croatia France: Same as Greece Germany: Same as France So, what am I going to do? The cycling portion of my trip in May in Croatia, from May 14-21. Is the Adriatic Sea safe for tourists? Yet, Poland is rated the same as Croatia, France, and Germany, though they have received upwards of 3 million refugees from war torn Ukraine. At least Ukraine is listed as "Do not travel" as of March 20, 2022. Here are the warnings for the Ukraine: Military action is underway. ... read more
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We're a little behind with this post, and Maggie has yet to send us the photos to accompany it, but we wanted to get the Croatia port experience recorded as the MV World Odyssey arrived in Malta today already. (Bonus: Thanks to Maggie's Uncle Brian, you can track the ship's travels on the website www.cruisin.meif you'd like to follow their route!) Maggie spent a few days last week in Croatia, putting into port in Dubrovnik. After her experience in Cyprus, she was bound and determined to make the most of her time by getting out into the country. Soooooo....she decided to take a road trip! She arranged to rent a car in Dubrovnik to drive 5 hours to the Plitvice Lakes National Park in central Croatia. It would be a long driving day (10 hours round ... read more
Croatian Lakes Park
Croatia Waterfall
Lesley and Maggie - Croatian Lake

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik December 16th 2021

Day 1:part 1 2016 11 August I remember their trip like it was yesterday. I woke up around 6:15 am half asleep looking like I have bin in a fight the day before because of my big eye bag showing due to the lack of sleep. Although I was tired I knew we had to leave otherwise we would not get on our plane in time. With this in mind I sprung out of my bed and got ready with excitement gleaming across my face and body. Keep in mind I am not an adult so I didn’t have stressful things like passports and boarding passes to think about.Everyone else then not so gracefully got out of bed and ready for the day which turned out to be one of the best days of my life(for ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik December 10th 2021

Day 1:Part 2 2016:11 August I finished of writing about me and my family turning around the corner in the taxi to the the magnificent view of the town Dubrovnik. We paid the taxi driver and set off through the town to meet the Airbnb we were staying in, and the owner of it.We were walking through the historically beautiful town and I notice 2(two) things, one is that there were probably more stray cats there than humans and two is that there were bullet holes in the architecture which felt strange to think. If you didn’t know there was a war there in the 90s and you can even see stuff like bullet holes there now. When we met the owner we noticed her English was so good even though she was Croatian.This is probably ... read more

Europe » Croatia November 5th 2021

So everyone needs a beach holiday and this is going to be ours, one month of sun and sand. Well none of that as I know from a visit to Split, Croatia with good friend Laura in 2019, sand is in short supply here, but you get the drift! We head to Polidor Camping, whilst I’m not a great fan of campsites there is the great pleasure in knowing that hot water will be plentiful and showers will be a daily occurrence, a real luxury in this lifestyle.... Graeme has only just about got the chairs and tables out and I’ve got washing in the on site washing machines, oh my, the simple things. We have 5 glorious days on the campsites own beach and the many small bays that hug the coast in this part ... read more
Beautiful Bears
Pecinski Cave
Plitvic Lakes

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia September 10th 2021

There is another European "Riviera" in Croatia starting about an hour south of Split and centered around Makarska. I stopped there not to schmooze but to tackle the second highest peak in Croatia, Sveti Jure, at 1752m located in Biokovo National Park. And the vertical gain was almost the entire height of the massif since I would be starting only a bit above sea level so it was going to be a bit tough especially with the heat. First stop was the park office which was closed but fortunately the tourist office in the same building was open and I was able to procure a pretty good park trail map. Also, I was told the one way hike from Sveti Ivan (a small church in the village of Makar a bit above Makarska) would take me ... read more
Sveti Jure
Vošač From the Plateau
Sveti Ivan Church, Makar

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Zadar August 13th 2021

Bonjour à tous, Je suis exactement à Crikvenica Enfin une journée sans problèmes. J'ai réussi à tenir mes projets du jour. Ce blog à de plus en plus de succès, environ une cinquantaine de visites par jour. Je reçois des messages, pour ceux que je peux situer, d'Indes, Australie, Suisse, Allemagne, à la lecture des commentaires tous apprécient. J'en suis le premier agréablement surpris. Merci à tous. Malgré que le patron soit un enfoi.....j'ai par contre très bien mangé, et sa terrasse était très agréable. J'ai eu droit à un magnifique couché de soleil. Par contre la chambre minable de chez minable. C'est du passé, mais je l'ai quand même bien "saqué" dans la notation Booking. C'est pour les 100km, et les 3 heures de voiture. Finalement dans cet hôtel, il y avait que l'extérieur de ... read more
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Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split August 12th 2021

Bonjour à tous Si il y a une journée que je déteste dans l'année c'est le 12 aout, ce qui veut dire pour moi un de plus!!!!!!!! En lisant ces lignes, soit vous allez bien rire, soit vous allez me plaindre. Je m'étais programmé une petite journée en kilométrage, heureusement, si non qu'est ce aurait été. La journée commence super bien, un des plus copieux petit déjeuner de puis que je suis parti, au moment du check out (de rendre la clé) la réceptionniste, me demande d'attendre 1 minute, dans ma tête, quoi encore, elle revient avec une bouteille de vin blanc, et me dit c'est votre cadeau d'anniversaire (en anglais) je suis resté quoi, je m'attendais à un problème, mais pas à un geste comme ça de la part de cet hôtel. Ca ma rappelé ... read more
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Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik August 9th 2021

Bonjour à tous, Entre les kilomètres, et la chaleur, le soir je suis lessivé. Je n'arrive pas à lire plus de 10 pages, hier vers 10 heure, j'éteignais, et dans les bras de Morphée. Je crois avoir trouvé l'explication concernant ma "cagade" de réservation. J'avais rentré dans les demandes, un hôtel à Dubrovnik donc en Croatie, et lorsque, j'ai élargi la demande, elle est resté en Croatie, oubliant, qu'ici le pays était morcelé. Aujourd'hui a été beaucoup mieux que les deux jours précédents. Après un pdj super copieux, à 8h30, je programmais Ston, à 75 km. Ston en Croatie, est connue, pour ses remparts, construits en 1358, il mesure à l'époque 7km de long. A ce jour ils sont la plus longue d'Europe, voir les second du monde, derrière la grande muraille de Chine. Ston est ... read more
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