Entrance to old Taormina

It seems nearly every city in Europe has its walled "old town" from Greek and Roman times, or the Middle Ages. Behind this wall was a delightful maze of little streets and shops interspersed with old churches and courtyards with fountains.

Croatia and Sicily

April 15th 2005
After leaving Venice, we cruised across the top of Italy’s boot to what used to be Yugoslavia, which is now split into several small countries -- Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, etc. (“the Balkans”). Croatia is a little country of five million that grabbed most of the lovely coastline on the Adriatic Sea away from the other Balkan countries. Its majority ethnic group is Roman Cath ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split

The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more

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