After some coffee and a little hotel breakfast, mark, Berdadette and I took a short walk around our neighborhood. It was raining, but we wanted to see a couple more things before leaving town. We did a quick swing in to the museum of broken relationships. We didn’t to the tour, but the gift shop was quite fascinating.
we all made it out with relationships in tact.
We walked through the daily market and bought a bag of cherries.
We went into the church
tallest building in Croatia?
Then we packed up the car and drove west. Stopped for lunch in the coastal town of Volovsko, where we ate at a cute little alley restaurant named Tramerka.
Drove coastal road to Rovinj and got checked into our beautiful airBnB.
saw this super cute man and hos son herding some giats at a 13th century castle we stopped at.
Short walk down cobblestone alleys. Ate dinner at Tipico. ( good food. Bad wine. )
Croatia
Our first flight into Zagreb went without incident, and we worked with a great rental car agent to pick up our ride for the next week, a brand new fancy-pants Mercedes. Our first 20 minutes of driving was actually a but confusing because our car refused to go over 40km/hr. Luckily we hadn’t hit the highway yet but we did feel a little like pokey tourists. A call back to the agency revealed a magical hidden button that sets a max speed, and we were on zippy sport mode in no time.
We got two Great rooms at Hotel Jägerhorn, in Zagreb’s old town neighborhood, and fought a little jet lag with som wandering around looking for dinner.
We took the hotel receptionist’s recommendation and ate at an awesome place named Mundoaka Street Food, a few blocks from our hotel and just off of the central square. Tables were set up on the pedestrian street for some great people watching. The food was incredible and beautiful, and the local wine (Slovenian, this one) was delicious (and cheap!).
Croatia
this guy, my passport, and this FroYo… and that’s ALL I need.
I just let the Amsterdam airport and am currently on a plane headed to Zagreb, Croatia. Alyssa and myself, along with Mark and Bernadette will be spending the next three weeks driving through the countryside, tasting wine, eating truffles, strolling cobblestone streets, and lounging on a sailboat. Alyssa is about 6 months pregnant so this trip will certainly be much different from other adventures we’ve had in the past.
Here’s a brief rundown of our itinerary. We land in Zagreb, the capital city, and spend one quick night in town, then we take our rental car and head east to the Istrian peninsula for a few days. This part of Croatia has a lot of Italian influence,with lots of cute, old, small towns, plenty of vineyards, lots of coastline and beautiful food. We then head south for two nights at Plitvice national park. This area is a world heritage site and home to miles of walking paths winding around lakes and hundreds of waterfalls. Next to the town of Dubrovnik. Recently made popular because it’s one of the shooting locations for Game of Thrones, we have an apartment for a few nights not far from the old town and the city walls surrounding the city which we can walk. From there we board a traditional Gulet boat where we will live for a week while our skipper sails us around some of the many islands dotting the Dalmatian coast. Our trip ends with a few final nights in the town of Split, where we can choose to either law low and relax, find a scuba outfitter, or take a ferry to explore some towns on nearby islands.
I’ll do my best to keep the blog up to date, even if it’s just to post some photos.
Croatia