Yearly Archives: 2010

Dubrovnik!!

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To get to the camp site we had to make a 5km trek around the harbor and up a hill. When we arrived we found that it was outrageously priced; no view, no good ground to set up and they …

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korcula – fail!

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We hung out in the hostel and waited for our ferry to the island of Hvar. Well, turns out that we bought a ticket for the island further south of Hvar called Korcula instead. SO we rolled with it since …

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Travels with Klaus and Hter

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After a lovely day at the park, we returned with Klaus and Hter to Senj…first stopping a very cute and quaint little restaurant and watermill down the road! It was really beautiful and they caught all their fish fresh before …

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Plitvice National Park!!

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Not much sleep in Senj, I wish it was excitement keeping us awake but it was the wind blowing our tent around. There was hardly any grass at the site (mostly rocks) so our spikes made it about a half …

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Rab! …and a fun night in Senj!

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This morning, we took a catamaran to an island called Rab, as recommended by the receptionist at the hostel! It was looking like a promising day, but the second we arrived, a crazy storm started brewing, and before we knew …

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Croatia!!

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The bus ride from Venice to Pula took about 5 hours. We tried to catch up on some much needed sleep but sleeping on a bus is a art we have yet to master (Kelly we could use some advice …

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Things we Noticed, Loved and could Live without in Italia!

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BEAUTIFUL landscape…Italia has it all…ocean, mountains, cities, rivers…it is beautiful! Pretty language….very romantic and easy to catch on since we know Espanol…AND They use their hands a lot when they talk…(just like the movies) Expensive!! … the accommodation cost us …

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Venezia

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When we arrived to Venice, a major hub for Italy, the train station was CRAZY because of all the cancelled flights! We were going to try and book a night train to Zagreb, but the line was just too long, …

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Cinque Terre

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We woke up early to catch the bus to the national park. The weather was cloudy and looked pretty grim but since we had heard from so many travelers how incredible Cinque Terre was/is we didn`t let it kill our …

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Pisa!

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So today we woke up early and caught the train to Pisa just for a quick stop to basically…well get the famous picture of holding the building up! Ha! Brad thought it was ridiculous, but luckily he loves me, and went …

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