Blogs from Central Croatia, Croatia, Europe - page 7

Woolly says – Jumping down from the tram and finding a most impressive sculpture is always a good start to the day. There in front of me on his plinth stood Count Jelacic on his deadly steed with a sword so pointy and sharp that it could poke your eye out, not that I would be getting that close to the fighting end of it of course! The count's image has inspired a number of political outbursts, in 1947 it was dismantled and chucked into a corner somewhere because leaders found it overly representative of nationalism in the country until 1990 when it was brought it back into its current place, this time leaders believing it perfectly nationalistic. I just thought he was wonderful, leaving Jo with the camera I went off to start my investigations ... read more

We arrived in Zagreb at 11:00pm by train from Vienna. Border crossing into Croatia was easy, no issues with Swiss resident permit and Schengen visa. I had taken a apartment 5min walking from the train station - Carla Studio Apartment. The very nice owner was waiting there for us to hand over the keys. Nice apartment, though we would spend just the night there and leave early in the morning. Today's plan was to see a couple of small museums and then off to Lake Plitvice at 15:00. First stop - Museum of Illusions. It is a small museums with games and some optical illusion exhibits. The entry of 40Kuna is a bit steep for such a small place, but we enjoyed it very much. Time spent - 1 hr. Next stop - Museum of Croatian ... read more

Geo: 45.8069, 15.9614From the outset, we knew this day would be "wasted" as we had to cover nearly 400 miles to drive from Dubrovnik up to the Croatian capital city of Zagreb, where we'd spend the night. It turns out, though, that this "day on the bus" came at the perfect time, as most people (ourselves included) were tired from nearly a week of constant travel and sightseeing. We now had an opportunity to sit back, enjoy the view, read, sleep, talk, catch-up on Facebook....whatever. We had our earliest departure of the formal tour, with the bus departing the hotel at 7:45am sharp. Turns out there are scheduled passenger buses with numerous stops that depart Dubrovnik at 8:00am, and our driver was seeking (and succeeded) in getting on the road ahead of them. The sandstorm of ... read more

Geo: 44.7804, 15.6349Okay folks we made it to Croatia yesterday and Handsome Pop's most anticipated location today, although there are several only a smidgen behind. We sit here composing the blog listening to our kids' favorite songs (Cotton Fields and King of the Road) on an iPhone speaker. We're sure they will be pleased.Oh the lakes, what can one say? We imagine there were 10-12 levels of lakes, although Bird recalls seeing 16 somewhere. The lakes maintain different elevations, thus there are waterfalls between them, many appearing to flow from the ground. At some locations the water falls from crescents. The water is crystal clear. We thought water in the Caribbean was clear, but here the bottom reaches up to you. However, at least in the Caribbean, it is level where here we were constantly walking ... read more

Geo: 44.7804, 15.6349So you can sue us twice as here are a few more pictu... read more