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(This is the 17th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Saturday, June 28 We ate another amazing breakfast, sneaking seeded rolls & slices of ham back to our table, then making small sandwiches for the train ride ahead. Good thing we did. We thought we had paid for a high-speed first-class rail ticket, but… Continue reading A Train to Budapest
(This is the 16th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Friday, June 27 When I say wander around Zagreb, I'm not kidding. Dave turned on his Endomundo app in the morning, and checked it at dinner that night; this is what we saw. Spot #1 is where we met up at the St. Francis… Continue reading Zagreb, Croatioa–Part II
(This is the 15th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Friday, June 27 First up, breakfast, at our fabulous hotel. We got there after the tour bus crowd had left, so the repast was severely depleted by the time we got there. No worries, we found things to eat anyway. And a toy corner… Continue reading Zagreb, Croatia–part I
(This is the 14th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Thursday, June 26 We meet Anna Clare and Earl at breakfast, and after eating our way through the hotel's offerings, they tell us they've decided to head to see the caves, back where we came from. So after some discussion, we agreed to meet… Continue reading Traveling to Zagreb and Mirogoj Cemetery
(This is the 12th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Wednesday, June 25 Happy Slovenian Independence Day! What this translates out to mean for tourists is: limited openings, noon closings, no market, no easy food, and especially for us: the rain we've been trying to dodge for two days has finally arrived. On top… Continue reading Ljubjana, Rainy Ljubljana
(This is the ninth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Monday, June 23 We woke up in Buzet and saw this. . . . . . so thought we ought to again advance our plans by a day and head to Lake Bled that day, instead of exploring the southern part of Slovenia, like… Continue reading Lake Bled
(This is the eighth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Sunday June 22 We pulled away from House Tina, and took the country road north towards Karlovac, where our proprietor had been living in a camp during the war. Along the way we lots of houses with bullet holes and shrapnel damage, but there… Continue reading Beautiful (and Quiet) Buzet
This is the seventh post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Saturday, June 21 At the end of our Plitvice hike, we made our way to the car and headed north on the highway towards House Tina, a small hostel recommended by travel guru Rick Steves. It looked new on Trip Advisor (an online source… Continue reading House Tina (Plitvice Lakes, part II)
(This is the sixth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Saturday, June 21 In the morning we showered en suite in the tiny, but immaculate shower, packed up (easy to do with half my clothes gone) and thought we'd go up the street to get some baked goods at the bakery the landlady mentioned. … Continue reading Plitvice Lakes National Park
(This is the fifth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Friday, June 20 Today started out with getting our car rental, finding our way out of town, then "Where's the map?" "I don't have the map." "Yes, you do. It was on your nightstand at home. You were supposed to bring the Budapest book… Continue reading Split — in Croatia
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