Blogs from Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 113

It seems like the last week was destined to be one of unusual occurances.......mostly due to our being a bit over-relaxed in holiday mode I guess. These events started last Saturday when Luke went off to the shop in Sucuraj to buy a new pack of cards (carrying the old ones to make sure he got the right variety). Five minutes later a very drenched (read drowned rat) Luke walks in the door clutching a 20 Kuna note in one hand and a very wet pack of cards in the other declaring 'they don't have any cards'!! What happened we asked.........seems the inevitable happened and he slipped on the edge of the Harbour wall and took a dive. Poor kid...a little bruised but basically OK and lucky he did not crack his head on the way ... read more

............................................ You all may have noticed that the volume of blog entries in the past few days has dropped down to nil... Travelblog crashed and was down for a couple of days, and a lot of data has been lost on their part. So until I do some fixing, most, if not all of my previous blog entries will be inaccessible, and a lot of the pictures will have to be reloaded... Not good times. ............................................ In any case, we left Dubrovnik, and headed to the airport to pick up our rental car. Getting in and speeding out of the airport parking lot felt amazing. We were no longer backpackers at the whim of train and bus schedules, we were free! Dave took over the driving responsibilties, and I used my compass, travel guides, and maps ... read more

Well I am currently on Brac Island, in the Adriatic sea. Things are going well for Alex and I after many adventures. It has only been a few days since my last posting but it feels like it has been a long time. The bus from Kotor to Dubrovnik was awful. It was completely full and we ended up having to sit on the floor for half the trip. The bus got in nearly 4 hours late. We ended up taking a nap and deciding to stay an extra day in Dubrovnik to slow things down a bit. Dubrovnik is a cool city but way too touristy. It is still very beautiful though. The walls are incredible. The thing we liked the best though was swimming outside the gates, and jumping off the rocks outside the ... read more

Greetings from Split, Croatia. Just got in today after a very long day, actually 2 days of traveling. I left yesterday from Florence to go to Ljublijana (loob-li-ana) Slovenia. I went from Florence to Venice, where I had a few hours to kill after standing in the never ending, hot, line to make my reservation. I got some lunch at this restaurant that the girl working at the hostel I stayed at in Venice recommended. It was really cool, cafeteria style, big salads, and self-serve carafes of wine for 1.5 euro!! An idea that should catch on in the states! While I was sitting there, I realized that it seemed like everyone around me was carrying the same book. Now, I have been in a bubble in relation to news and pop culture, but I did ... read more

In all honesty, I wasn't too keen on visiting Dubrovnik. Shame on me. How mistaken I was. The Old Town of Dubrovnik was an absolute eye opener and somewhere that we would both recommend visiting. We stayed in two different guest houses as we ended up staying another night longer than intended. Both were run by the most lovely people ever and the rooms were spotlessly clean. One even had air conditioning which was an absolute bonus as Croatia was feeling the effects of the heatwave that was causing deaths in some parts of Europe. The first elderly couple spoke minimal English and had us laughing non-stop. The old guy kept on chattering away to us in Croatian, repeating the same phrases over and over in the hope that we would understand him if he just ... read more