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Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia April 2nd 2019

We awoke early and headed out to explore. It was another beautiful day weather wise. We did a lot of walking in the old part of the city. We had been to Croatia before, visiting Dubrovnik, and we really liked the country. The people are very friendly and welcoming. My wife preferred Dubrovnik, but I was really liking the vibe of Split. We had lunch at a pizza place in the old town that was very good. In the afternoon, we walked over to the beach at Jezinac. We sat close to the water and relaxed for a bit. Later we headed back to the old town area. My wife had read good stuff about a dessert place called Waffle Express, so we went. It was actually about dinner time, but we had some waffles instead. ... read more
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Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik April 1st 2019

Flying to Frankfurt was uneventful, luckily aided by the empty seat between me and the other virtually silent fellow in the aisle seat. I think I really slept for about an hour, during a short night of trying to persuade my brain to be still. The long walk and short tram ride from the arrival terminal to the next departure terminal was a relief to my constrained muscles. Immigration was no trouble, but security was exceedingly tight. The full body scan highlighted my money pouch under my clothes, even without any metals. In a slightly private half-booth, an official gave me a pat-down, and unsatisfied she took me to a fully private booth to examine the pouch. She thought it “very good”, but “very dangerous”! She went on to pat all over and specifically examine the ... read more
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Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split April 1st 2019

Our arrival into CDG was smooth. I used to not care for CDG airport, but have become good at navigating it. We easily made it over to the Croatia Airlines flight to Split with plenty of time to spare. It was good to see the Air Baltic flight to Riga in the same terminal. This was our 4th flight on Croatia Airlines, and I really like the service. This was Croatia flight 475, an A-319 aircraft. It was a smooth 2 hours over to Split, and after the quick arrival formalities, we were on the bus to Split. We had booked a nice Airbnb right on the waterfront, and it was easy to find. We changed and headed out for some lunch. My wife had researched several places and one of them was Toto's Burger Bar. ... read more
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Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split March 31st 2019

For our 2019 spring break trip, we looked at several different places. One of those was Riga. I have been wanting to go there for quite sometime now. Well, the weather played into our planning. Riga was forecast to have temperatures in the 20s, and snow. I saw that we could get to Split via Paris, and that the temperature would be sunny and in the 70s. The planning began. We flew on the nonstop Indianapolis to Paris again. We cleared for business class, and I was in seat 1A. The flight was Delta 500, a 767-300 aircraft. The flight had delayed due to a mechanical issue. We did not have a lot of time to transfer in CDG, so I was very concerned. We could change the trip to Riga, however, we did not pack ... read more
Main course

Europe » Croatia November 18th 2018

Chorvatsko mimo sezony je mrtve. Teda ak nepocitam zahreb, tam su turisti furt. Prekvapili ma tu dost obrie porcie jedal, doprava bezproblemova. Odporucam pouzit miesto busov blablacar, je to lacnejsie, pohodlnejsie a rychlejsie. S ubytkom dost problem mimo sezony, pri pobrezi dost hostelov pozatvaranych. Ako vraveli domaci, chorvatsko mimo pobrezia nema co ponuknut, co bude zrejme i dost pravda. Pocasie mi vobec nevyslo ak nepocitam pulu. Couchsurfing totalny prepadak. Pozitivum bolo spoznanie taiwancanky na hosteli v rijeke a neskorsie stretka v zahrebe. RIJEKA Moc mi tu nevyslo pocasie ale aspon potesilo ubytko gratis. Centrum na pol dna vratane hradu. Odporucam aj prechadzku popri rieke k starym ruinam mlynov. Ak by bolo ok pocasie dala by sa tu spachat i neaka lahsia turistika. Muzeum pocitacov odporucam iba ak si chce clovek zahrat stare arkadove hry.... read more

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Zagreb November 8th 2018

Ako kazde rano v tomto ubytku, vybehnutie von kupit nieco pod zub a doobedie na ubytku. Na obed stretko s chlapcami z tasr. Povodil som ich po centre, kde ozaj neni nic extra. Proste vsetky mesta su na jedno kopyto. No chlapci si kupili aspon suveniry. Posedenie na kave a nazad na ubytko. Este sme boli v spare kde lukas 2 nakupil neake tie chorvatske pochutiny, ja som kupil cesku chmelovu pochutinu. To vychlastane v lobby, na ubytku do seba hodene este jablkove pivo co mi dala tw zo studentskej restiky. Dnes od rana teda 4plzne a male jablko. Oproti pokladaju stresnu krytinu. Ako som isol okolo nich, tak jeden si pchal do bundy ploskacku. Hned som si spomenul na byvalych spolupracovnikov :) Postupny presun na stadion. Tam som prisiel uz po tme. V okoli cihalo ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Zagreb November 7th 2018

Zas sa budem opakovat ale rano to iste. Len zmena v jedalicku, kupil som 20dekov salamu. Uf dobre vela toho bolo. Som to spolu so syrom a drevorubacskym chlebom do seba tlacil prakticky az do obeda. Vladny special mal z ba meskanie, miesto 11/45, dosli 12/45. Lucas mi posiela echo a pesibusom sa vyberam do hotela pod znackou hilton, kde byvaju novinary Ono sa dalo ist aj elektrickou ale fakt som strasne prezrany. Tato chorvatska strava mi nerobi dobre na postavu. Prichadzam do hotela, pred ktorym hliadkuju policajti ale nevsimaju si ma i ked mam na hlave capku seredani. Na recepcii mixom slovenciny a chorvatciny vravim nech mi vytocia lucasa. Ten po chvili zbieha dole a uz ideme k nemu na izbu, ktoru zdiela s dalsim clenom tasr. Odovzdava mi balicek z domova. Je tam vsetko ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Istria » Opatija November 6th 2018

Today was an awesome day. I took an optional tour to istria which was about 45 minutes from opatija. It is Croatia's truffle region and is also known for its wines. Besides France and Italy, croatia is the best place for truffles. The area is only an hour from the border of Italy. Trieste is the closest Italian city. There is a significant Italian population and influence here. Mario andretti, the race car driver, is from motuvan, a town we visited. First we stopped off to meet wirh a woman who, along with her well trained dog Nera, hunts for truffles. She gave us a demonstration of how the dogs find them. It was very interesting. I took a video. All my pix are on my camera. Next stop was motuvan, a beautiful Medieval city. We ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Zagreb November 6th 2018

Rano to iste ako vcera. Vybehnutie do sparu, tu kupa cokomlieka, v pekarnicke vedla istrijska kocka a to vsetko zjedene v chilli a computer miestnosti, kde neskor dopisany dennik. Okolo obeda vybehnutie do Gradski park Bundek. cestou samozrejme kupa nabijacky, kedze mi to cez fotakovy adapter nenabijalo. Vonku hmla, ah vobec mi tu nepraje pocasie, som mal v plane turu na medvednicu, no nist niekedy nabuduce. Zajtra a ani vo stvrtok uz na to nebude cas. Zajtra mi ma priletiet vladnym specialom batozina /hehe na toto su pouzite nase dane, na rozvoz batoziny pre cestovatelov/ a stvrtok uz je football day, i ked sa hra o 21/00. V meste sa pokusim odlovit volakych trnavakov a pridat sa k nim na jedno tocene. Co sa tyka piva, tak je tu strasne moc popularna znacka staropramen. Prakticky v ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Istria » Plitvicka Jezera November 5th 2018

Today was a transit day. Left Zagreb this morning. Really nice city. Today we visited politics lakes, a beautiful national park in Croatia, one of 8. Took a walking tour for about 2 1/2 hours. It was supposed to rain, but luckily it never did. We are now in opatija. Really pretty Adriatic coastal city. Reminds me of the riviera. Great views. I can see why Europeans want to come here for their holidays. I'll add some pix now. ... read more
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