The car rental guy in Zagreb, Croatia told us not to worry about where we parked. “Croatia is a very safe country. No one will trouble you anywhere. Have a good time visiting us.” Well, hey, thanks man. Sounds good to us. We got used to the fast drivers that…
Did you know that little kids form tour groups and they are no different than American kids on field trips? The boys poke each other to try to get a wrestling match going, and the girls at the end of the line have whispered conversations when the teacher isn’t looking.…
Kotor seems like a little sister of Dubrovnik and Rovinj. It’s a medieval walled city with courtyards and old churches, statues, taverna, shops. There were winding lanes that opened to courtyards and gardens. The homes are well taken care of, though they seem mostly for tourist rentals and not for…
It rained off and on for a few days, and was getting chilly, so we spent a couple of hours looking at weather forecasts and checking plane flights and ferry schedules. We decided to cut the Croatian section of the trip short by two days, and start the Greece section…
I guess I’ve gotten too comfortable with driving like a European. I’ve seen several speed traps along the way, but never seen anyone pulled over. They were waiting for the dumb American to get over-confident. I was going 72 in a 60 km zone. We got close to the Dubrovnik…
The “must-do” of Dubrovnik is to walk the walls. There are only 3 stairways up to the ramparts. The most obvious one is next to the main entrace at Pile Gate, and it rises to the ramparts very close to the highest point of the walls. The stairway is one…
