Leaving Croatia
Last morning in Šibenik, Croatia. We hiked up to St. Michael’s fortress and paid to get in. This is one of the highest points in the city and has a great view. Destination Zagreb We checked out of our hotel…
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Krka and Zadar
Croatian’s must hate eating breakfast out. There are few restaurants that serve it. Lucky for me Devin found me one today. I got my tiny cup of European coffee and ordered the eggs and hot dogs which I assumed must…
Split and Solta
Awoke to a bit of rain this morning but it cleared up as we were on the road to Split. Driving is a whole new experience in Croatia but that deserves a blog post of it’s own. Four point plan…
Š for Šibenik
Quick Croatian pronunciation lesson. Š is pronounced as a “SH” sound. We drove from Plitvička jezera (the Č is a “CH” sound) to Šibenik. Actually Devin drove and I did my best to help but ended up cracking jokes as…
Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera
Arrived at the park at 9 AM. Our host had given us some secret info regarding a third and unpublished gate. This one has free parking but does not open till 9. All other gates open at 7. We got…
Journey to Plitvička Jezera
I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday because the internet was down at our AirBnB. We picked up our rental car in Zagreb around noon. Since we were returning it at the same location the rental car agent gave…
Zagreb is Hot
Zagreb was a nice 92 degrees today. A little too hot for all the outdoor sight seeing we had planed. We headed to the market because we’ve learned from past trips that these can be fun and provide a great…
A Tale of Two Journeys
Today is a travel day and this post was going to be a little light but a certain chain of events occurred involving train tickets. We got to the train station about 45 min before departure, found the platform, and…
Karwendel
We had incredible weather on our last day in Mittenwald! We planned the night before that if the weather was good we would be headed up Karwendel, the nearest mountain. When we were planning this trip I thought it may…
A Hike to Remember
Mittenwald – It was 7 AM when the alarm when off. I looked outside and the sky was clear and I could see the Alps! By 8 we were downstairs being served breakfast. The breakfast was similar to our last…