Blogs from Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 9

We say a ceremonial goodbye to our clothes as we close our suitcases. They didn't manage to come with us when we had one hour connections on two previous flights, and today the connection's only 45 minutes. I hope they enjoy their time in Athens; we'll miss them. Two Australian couples at breakfast spend the entire meal complaining about how bad Athens airport is. If I wasn't sure before about our clothes staying there, I am now. We haven't heard anyone say a nice word about Athens in all the time that we've been in Greece. Greek people in particular don't seem to like their capital very much; I get the impression they wish it was someone else's capital. I inform the receptionist at checkout that she hasn't charged us for any of the four breakfasts ... read more

Leaving Montenegro, entering Croatia means also entering the EU, so more intensive border checks. All with all it did not took more then one hour. Continuing the Adriatic coastal road we are heading to the city of Dubrovnik. In less then one hour we could see from a viewpoint the old harbor of Dubrovnik. Before we started to explore the city we took our lunch at the "new city" of Dubrovnik. According the locals the prices of the restaurants at the Old Town were triple and were advised to eat outside the old town. We also searched for some accommodation which was not easy at all. Due to the popularity of this town and the high season, all rooms and hotels were occupied. Also the surrounding villages were overbooked, so no chance to find any. After ... read more

After the big adventure last year which was pre booked before I met Sarah it was time to set off on our first international trip together. During our first trip away togethers the previous summer to Aviemore we had discussed how all going well it would be nice to take a trip to historic Dubrovnik, well we did and so glad. We had 5 days and the overview is a stunning place but just try to visit the old town around the bigger cruise ships coming in, make use of the excellent and easy local buses and when in the old town go as far back away from the main drags (as usual) and you may find reasonably priced and very pleasing eateries. Again avoiding the mainstream we stayed in the residential peninsular of Babin Kuk ... read more

Woolly says – another day and another bus, as I shovelled the mammoth backpacks into the hold I was looking forward to entering my fourth country. If only he would carry mine! Woolly says - as the lovely landscapes rolled past the window I attempted to keep the girls awake with a bit of history. In 390 BC the Greeks settled in colonies along the coast of Croatia, by 12 AD the Romans ruled dividing the country into provinces. The coast became the province of Dalmatia, part of Croatia became the province of Noricum (which included part of Austria) while the rest of Croatia became the province of Pannonia (which included part of Hungary). By the 7th century a group of Slavic people called the Croats migrated to the area where two separate states emerged. Venice ... read more

Zaterdag 27/5/16 – Dubrovnik (Kr) – 345km (N42 39 43 – E18 4 9) Staan op Autocamp Solitudo in Dubrovnik. Na een rustige rit op de nieuwe, bijna lege Kroatische autosnelweg naar het zuiden. Prachtige baan door immer bergachtig groen landschap. Hiervoor haal je met plezier de creditcard boven. Wordt afgerekend in Hrkuna's, en dan weet je toch niet direct hoeveel dat is in €. Enkel de laatste 100km volgden we de oorspronkelijke kustweg. Deed ons denken aan 1967 toen we hier ook waren en met Jo & B de hele kronkelende kustweg in het toenmalige Joegoslavië van Tito van noord tot zuid tot aan de Albanese grens afgereden zijn. Slingerende smalle kustbaantjes zoals de Costa Brava, maar dan over 600km. Kotor, Budva, Cetinje, Ulcinj, etc staan nu terug op ons programma. Morgenavond is het hier ... read more