Category: Croatia

We wake up to the sound of rain. That makes us slow down a little in getting ready to go out. By the time we have coffee and get our things together, the rain has stopped and the sky is improving. We take the short walk to one of the entrances into Diocletians Palace. Diocletian […]

The whole reason I ever had Croatia on my list is a result of pictures I saw years ago of Plitvice Lakes National Park. Today we are taking a tour there. I looked into doing this ourselves but the bus network did not look safe to try because of schedule and forums that said sometimes […]

Ana arrives promptly at 0830 to drive us to the bus station. She tells us she enjoyed our company and can tell we enjoy life and are very simple, easy, people. We arrive at the bus station a little early for our 0920 bus. This is by design. Unfortunately, two nights ago, Carol realized that […]

We force ourselves to get up early so we can beat some of the heat and crowds while walking the wall of Dubrovnik. We head out to the less traveled Ploce Gate of the old town and our timing is good as we get to the wall entrance right at the opening time of 0800. […]

A quote comes to mind. ” It’s a hot one, like seven inches from the noon day sun” Santana song. We or should I say Carol, slept in which means until 0840. It is already plenty warm out. They are having an extreme heat wave here so it is supposed to be 97 today with […]

We get up early and are surprised that the Hilton has pastries, cold cuts, rolls and coffee out at 0400. We eat a pastry, Carol grabs a coffee, and we make sandwiches for lunch with a few extra pastries thrown in our bag as well. No hassle security, and then at the C gates, we […]