Blogs from Croatia, Europe - page 151

After leaving Plitvice we drove essentially the entire length of Croatia heading south towards Korcula. We took a small ferry and landed on the island, which is about 2 hours from Dubrovnik. Being on a ferry felt like home. Minor difficulties in finding the place including thoughts of potential housing scam, but details aside we found our lovely terrace apartment overlooking the water. the next morning my friend Kari who has been studying down in the south of France joined us for the rest of our Croatian vacation. The island of Korkula is covered in green with only three cities total. Our first official night, we went out to a restaurant which claims to be Marco Polo's favorite restaurant. Croatian food is mainly Italian influenced with some hearty meats and tasty fresh fish. With the exchange ... read more

Well, I’m back in Paris now. I think things are finally starting to settle down after an incredible stretch of travel with family and then a trip to another continent. I’m battling some tummy issues now after returning from Morocco (no, no swine) but I figured I use my down time to catch up on my blogs ☺ On Monday April 13 I finally got to see my Mom, Dad and Kellen! I hadn’t seen Dad and Kel since I left in September, 7 months! I thought I had had a day of travel after walking, taking a metro, taking the Eurostar Chunnel, taking the London Underground, then an hour bus to London Stansted, but when I arrived at the airport to meet the family (which I found in an Irish Airport Pub) they won the ... read more

We left Dubrovnik on another beautiful day and stopped after crossing over their impressive Franjo Tudjman Bridge, one of the largest single pylon, cable stayed bridges in the world, to take some photos. We then carried on up the Dalmatian coast and out to the Pelješac Peninsula which is a big wine growing region. The vines we saw here were quite different from those we saw in Italy, they were all only about a meter high and all gnarly and twisted. I didn’t look like they would produce as many grapes per vine compared to the Italian variety but there looked to be more vines per hectare - we were going to have to sample some. As we climbed up and over the peninsula the rocky lands gave way to forest and as we came over ... read more

The first Istrian town to acknowledge the Venetian rule was Poreč in 1267. In the Poreč port, there used to be a building that served as accommodation for pilots, experts who welcomed the ships heading towards Venice, boarded and guided them further to the Venetian lagoons. To ensure the navigation safety, the Venetians built a light house in 1403 on a small island near Poreč (island of St. Nikola). Raising 15 meters above the sea level, the lighthouse was the highest one on the Croatian shore of the Adriatic in that time. In the evening, fire was lighted in its top. It was the fire that caused the bareness of the island. For centuries the fire burned the trees on the island. In the 17th century, a large lantern r... read more

We started in Zagreb, the Capital city and were instantly charmed with the beautiful city in spring... read more