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Reflecting on Croatia – Vino!

ByTravelling Minion December 17, 2018 0 Comments
With our Turkey and Croatia trip behind us, I asked my travelling companions to share some of their thoughts on this awesome trip we were just on. I sent them a list of questions so they could share their thoughts! Vino is first up! My Top 3 Highlights Highlight #1: Plitvice Lakes National Park Walking through Plitvice National Park. It was very scenic and peaceful when we had the park to...

Wrapping up Turkey and Croatia

ByTravelling Minion November 30, 2018 2 Comments
With my Turkey and Croatia trip fully blogged now, its time to think back and appreciate the journey! Thank you for coming along with me to this very interesting part of the world and I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing about it! I had the idea of doing separate wrap ups for Turkey and Croatia. But I already asked Gimpy and Vino to do it for both, so it wasn't that fair if I...

From Zagreb to Home

ByTravelling Minion November 27, 2018 1 Comment
It's our last full day in Zagreb before heading home! Gimpy and I had avoided a few attractions our first time around since we wanted to do it together with Vino. Our plan was to hit those places today. Kava Tava But the first order of business today is breakfast. We visited a well reviewed restaurant called Kava Tava. It's a cool spot with unique decor and a great breakfast menu. One area looked...

Plitvice National Park

ByTravelling Minion November 25, 2018 0 Comments
Plitvice National Park We were up early today in order to get to Plitvice National Park and beat some of the crowds. Our original plan was to do tour program C, starting with the great waterfall then head towards the upper lakes. However when we were checking out, our airbnb host suggested that we do the H program. He explained that we would start high and only have to walk downhill the rest of...

Visiting Stari Grad and Driving to Zadar

ByTravelling Minion November 23, 2018 2 Comments
Heading to Stari Grad Aside from Hvar Town and the Blue Caves, the other noteworthy spot we looked up while on Hvar Island is Stari Grad. We read that Stari Grad is a smaller and quieter town in comparison to Hvar Town. It's a beautiful seaside town, so we wanted to check it out. We drove for 20 minutes from our AirBnB, past the ferry terminal and into Stari Grad. It's a small town and we almost...