Blogs from Zagreb, Central Croatia, Croatia, Europe - page 15

A year is over. I am back in Austin, I cant believe that I am already repacking for my next life adventure in Nashville. I have not forgotten of course that no blogs have been written for the last 3 weeks of travel. The last week at home has been quite busy catching up with family and friends as well as trying to readjust to things like driving and get organized for my move. So....here we go. There are lots of blogs coming, so I will start from the very beginning and space them out as much as possible so you don't get overwhelmed. Its a good thing I kept a very detailed travel journal! First up. Stuttgart to Zagreb. After a short train ride from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart Airport, Justus and I caught our flight ... read more

As I left the comfort of EU style open boarders and had my passport scrutinised at the Croatian boarder, I had the warm and fuzzy feeling of "adventure". I read that Zagreb was "often overlooked by travellers, making a b-line for the coast" (Lonely Planet) which made it an intriguing destination. Sure, it rained almost the whole time and is not a particulary beautiful city, but this was far out-weighed by the people I met, the warm hospitality of the locals and the wierd and memorable events that occured. Once I was absolutely sure, I negotiated, sucessfully, the tram system once I arrived at 9pm to make it sucessfully to Hostel Lika. Now this place was unique and is a contender for the coverted award of "best hostel of the trip", the reasons of which will ... read more

y=z Dit wordt een combi update, we zijn ondertussen in Zagreb, Kroatie. Eergisteren was onye laatste wandeldag in Bohinj, omdat het een lange wandeling you worden (8 uur), yijn we vroeg vertrokken. Na een halve dag klimmen waren we 3 kilometer van het appartement, maar we konden wel van een prachtig uityicht genieten. Nog een goed uur verder klimmen bracht ons regelrecht omhoog naar de sneeuw, en een winderig bergmeertje op een hoogte van 1460 meter (900 meter hoger dan ons vertrekpunt) Daar hebben we nog even met sneeuwballen gegooid (Rene eigenlijk) maar omdat het cafeetje bovenaan gesloten was, gingen we maar weer snel naar beneden. Omdat de yon hoog stond, waren we ook in het dal niet veilig voor een veryengende hitte. Een 9 kilometer lange afdaling lag in het verschiet. Gelukkig was dit een ... read more

Thursday 22 May 2008 It was a restless night on the bus from Korcula to Zagreb. frequently through the night we would hear the bus driver's panicked call "passport check! passport check!" Each time we quickly pulled out our passports only to be passed by so that the police could check the id of the non-tourists. It wasn't until afterwards that we realised why. Thanks to yet another dodgy Lonely Planet map, we didn't even know that we'd passed through Bosnia along the highway! We had changed countries and didn't even know! The driver also had stopped the bus late at night for a dinner, beer, coffee and football stop at a roadside eatery high on the cliffs overlooking the Adriatic coast. Michael joined the boys inside for Karlovacko and football while Barbara stretched her legs ... read more

So, Berlin was pretty cool, we didn't get out to see a lot of sights but enjoyed definitely enjoyed our experience there. We just chilled out our fist day there, walked around a bit and had some dinner at one of the many outdoor cafes which was renowned in the lonely planet guide as being the best restaurant in Budapest. It was pretty good and it was nice to just sit and people watch. The second day was our last day with Alex as he was on a tighter travelling schedule than we are and needed to carry on to Croatia. So it was his day and to celebrate we checked out Margarit Island and the baths. We rented this four person bike. haha, we toured the island without any major crashes so it was pretty ... read more