This blog entry will be short as I’m actually all ready in Frankfurt and going to fly to India tomorrow. I just figured I would wrap up the pictures portion of the Croatian trip. If the adjustment back to India isn’t too exhausting, I might try to write up more about Croatia later.
I arrived in [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Zipping thru Zagreb
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In all the guide books, tourists brochures, Plitvice is the “must see” of all the relatively famous Croatian parks because of its waterfalls and lakes. Throw in the facts that the park has been an UNESCO world heritage site since 1979 and is only a 2 to 3 hour bus ride from Zagreb, the [...]
Flora, fauna and fun photos
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m happily watching the US election results while waiting for Zagreb’s rain to end and for museums and places to open. Since I can, I’m going to attach some miscellaneous photos as I sit on my bed. Just an odd collection of things that caught my eye along the way in Croatia, Frankfurt or Dubai.
For [...]
US election night in Zagreb
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
nothing to report – can’t find any party via the internet and so i’m just watching painfully slow coverage on CNN – just saw Sarah Palin vote – geez! she IS going rogue – she just voted at least 10 minutes before McCain or CNN thinks it was McCain – they “see his white hair [...]
My lodgings experiences in Croatia…
Posted in My Travels, tagged Croatia private rooms, Croatian accomodations on November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Staying in private homes is usually the only choice for a budget traveler in Croatia as hotels are often geared towards the resort or business crowds and hostels are few and far between. After staying in a hostel in Croatia and Slovenia because there was no other choice, I also realize my hosteling days [...]
What a difference a day makes in Dubrovnik
Posted in My Travels, tagged Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik city walls, tourist crowds on November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, in a 90 minute slow walk up high on the Dubrovnik’s city walls, we saw perhaps 20 tourists. Twenty four hours later, 20 tourists are easily seen on just one child’s slice of a cake/wall portion. Two 15 stories high cruise ships have arrived in town and it is the Friday before [...]
The Hvar Excursion
Posted in My Travels, tagged Croatian cocktails, Hvar, jet set in croatia spots on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why visit Hvar Town on Hvar Island which is 2 hours by car ferry away from Split, Croatia? Besides
being considered one of the most beautiful of Croatia’s 1,246
islands, what proper Seattle resident wouldn’t want to visit a place
which bills itself as “the sunniest island in the Adriatic” with
more than 2,724 hours of sunshine and [...]
Why I wanted to be like a banana….
Posted in My Travels, tagged Croatian accomodations, Croatian travel, Split on November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Within 30 minutes of arriving in Split, Croatia’s bus station, I was ready to follow the city’s advice and leave. I needed a few more hours to come up with a plan that would get me out early the next morning.
This strategic work also resulted in the unexpected benefit of two wonderful travel companions [...]
