Today was a travel day of sorts. We were up and ready and breakfast ate by 8:30. Toure picked us up and we were headed out of Croatia and on to Slovenia. Our guide couldn't believe that we had forgotten the most famous Slovenian who resided in America? . . . wait for it . . . Melania Trump. Duh! Anyway, she is from a beautiful country and we did drive by her home town. We drove two hours to the capital for our tour. It is a small town of about 200,000 people. We walked along the river and through the different open squares of markets and kiosks. There are a lot of churches here too, and they are all beautiful. We hopped on another cable car up to a castle and walked around the ... read more

Dan's final day! We had an early morning wake up call so we could beat the huge tourist groups to the lakes. Toure said that by the afternoon, as many as 15 buses with tons of tourists will be unloading and starting their trek through the park. We had showered, ate and were ready to go at 9 am. It was a short drive to the park from our hotel. We were excited to start the hike to the waterfalls. It was another warm and sunny day and we were ready to be active. The park is massive and beautiful. We hiked down to the first lake and took a ferry across to the upper part of the lakes. We started on the paths and hit several waterfalls right away. We were blown away by the ... read more

Another beautiful morning in paradise. Everyone slept great since Bartul fixed the doors from banging on the sides as the boat rocked gently in the bay. We decided to fix breakfast on the boat, and by "we", Kirsten made breakfast. We had scrambled eggs, cheese, fruit, and bread and of course our new breakfast staple: chocolate crossaints. They are amazing. Kirsten showered again this morning, while Chester and Dan were fine with the Adriatic shower they were going to take later in the day when they all went swimming. The ports all have had great facilities. The bathrooms and showers are all very clean and stocked. The great thing about them is that the women's restroom rarely has a line, while the men's is always busy. We were finally off to our last island, Solta. Bartul ... read more

Sorry for the delay in our blog, but we have been off the grid. We are currently on our last night of island hopping. We are hanging at a marina bar on some island in Croatia writing our blog. We left our hotel in Split to board our vessel for the next 4 days. We met our captain, Bartul, at the port. He is all of 23 years old but looks 16, but he has “lots” of experience. He showed us around the boat and then we were off. No safety briefing of course. We think there are life jackets but not sure. We got settled in and picked our cabins ignoring the captain’s hints that 2 could fit in one cabin. We paid and he’s young, so he is on the couch. Get over it. ... read more

Another beautiful day in Croatia. We were up and ready by 8:30 today. Our wonderful hosts were so kind and they helped us with our luggage to our pick-up point. Normally we would be fine taking care of it ourselves, but have you seen the number of steps to our place? They were so generous and their help was much appreciated. Especially because it was already so hot and Kirsten and Chester definitely over-packed. Damien met us at our pick-up spot just outside the walls of Old Dubrovnik. It was an amazing place to spend two nights right in the middle of the city walls. We were told it was a two-hour drive to Mostar, Bosnia. Chester slept most of the way and missed out on several conversations. For once, Kirsten was wide awake in the ... read more