:) It' was great to read your article. Well, yeah, without reservations gets really difficult especially in big touristic centre such as Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar etc.....
My friend came accross one TA , and maybe you could look that up.. for your next trip perhaps... different one...their catalogue is great .. wait give you a link .....www.croatiatoursgroup.com/ctg-catalogue-2011.pdf
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
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An amazing city. Glad you are enjoying it.