Travel Focused. Food Driven. And maybe a little gay
Today we head out of Istria and back to Zagreb for our flight to Portugal. On the way out, we visited a couple of the hill towns that make Istria one of those not to miss spots on your Croatian … Continue reading “Hill Towns of Istria” →
Istria is filled a with so many attractions and little towns that it is hard to keep up with all of them. Two highlights for us while we were staying in Rovinj were Porec and Dvigrad. Porec is a larger … Continue reading “Poreč” →
Rovinj is Super Cute. It is one of those post card picture-perfect places – built on a hill jutting out into the water [it used to be an island], crowned by a baroque church, surrounded by red tile roofs and … Continue reading “Rovinj” →
The roman ruins in Pula are impressive, especially the coliseum. Not a ton to say just some nice pics. Putting more words here in hopes if fixes this Beaver Builder bug. Coliseum Close up of Coliseum Even closer close up … Continue reading “Pula” →
On this part of the trip we settled on a tour of the Croatian Riviera. Not so much a tour, actually as a rest. The most excitement we had in the three days were the 1, 464 hairpin turns on the … Continue reading “Croatian Riviera” →
Zadar is a nice little town on the west coast of Croatia. Home to the Archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church – the only one in Croatia, the city has a rich religious history with many churches and important sights. … Continue reading “Zadar” →
Picked up a rental car Friday afternoon so we could leave Zagreb early. We stopped on our way to Zadar to see Plitvice National Park. This massive forest preserve is located in Central Croatia and has 16 lakes, tons of … Continue reading “Quick stop at Plitvice Lakes” →
Travel, in many ways, is kind of weird. What other activity is there when you can be traipsing around ruins on one continent that were built thousands of years ago one day and leisurely sipping a coffee on another continent … Continue reading “Zagreb” →
So, the next leg of our journey sees us with a 30 hour lay over in San José Costa Rica. Ensconced in the stunning courtyard Marriott for the night with a bonus late 4:00pm check out. It was not horrible. … Continue reading “Over Water” →