Croatia: Dubrovnik You can get to Dubrovnik from Split either by plane, car, bus or ferry. We decided to take the bus down and the ferry back. Since we were going from Split, in Croatia, to Dubrovnik, in Croatia, I did not grab my passport, leaving it in the safety …
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Mostar The journey from Split to Mostar involved a 5- hour bus ride, mostly along the beautiful Dalmatian coastline of Croatia, then a left turn after the bridge to drive along the Neretva River, where the delta creates a natural mountain pass, then onto the border crossing. On the …
With some nice weather on Friday, I was able to start my day with a jog along the waterfront, being reminded that the Dalmation coast is one of the most popular areas for sailing in the world. The jog took me up a hill to an overlook. We had only …
Croatia: Split Getting here from Zagreb was supposed to be a 4 ½ hour bus ride. The bus was 45 minutes late leaving. And as the modern-looking bus struggled to crest the mountain passes, with “beeping” from the driver’s area suggesting we may have an issue, we limped along. At …
Croatia: Zagreb The top 5 reasons to visit Zagreb (and make it part of your European tour) It’s a vibrant city, with active nightlife and music Its budget friendly (nice hotels and AirBNBs in central locations for $50-75/night, most meals for two for less than $30 including wine or beer, …
Salzburg Salzburg is a city of music. It is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the shops are filled with candies named after him (quite delicious little things), and many nights of the week quartets and small symphonies play his music at several venues throughout the town (but apparently, …
Vienna Anthony Bourdain filmed 2 seasons of The Cook’s Tour and was 7 seasons into “No Reservations” before he made it to Vienna. He admitted to avoiding it due to not being a fan of pastry and sweets (and even makes a disparaging comment about pastry chefs in general). Once …
Prague II: And way leads on to way… which sometimes means getting a little lost. Since we don’t have data turned on for the phones (it turned out to be horribly expensive, over $300 in the first week of travel), a good map was a necessity (although John hates it …
Czech Republic/ Prague The train from Munich to Prague took 6 hours, so we splurged for 1st class tickets. We expected more legroom, reclining seats, service for snacks and coffee. We got slightly wider, more comfortable seats, no legroom, not even a working café car (“because of COVID” – but other …
Germany Part II: With the Netherlands and Denmark declining to accept American tourists, we decided to go with – plan “M” – maybe plan “N”? I forget how many redirects and revisions we’ve made to our travel plans, so we are sticking with rule #1: be flexible. So back to …