Turanj Military Monument "where the serbs were stopped"

Days 21 –23 Plitvice Croatia – Rovinj Croatia

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June 12th 2011
Days 21 –23 Plitvice Croatia – Rovinj Croatia We have been on the road for 3 weeks and the Eastern European leg of our journey has now started. Why Croatia, why Plitvice? Bits & pieces of what we call Croatia has been batted back and forth between foreign powers for nearly a millennium and it is hard to believe that it was only in 1991 that it gained its independence. We all remember ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Istria » Rovinj

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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