European Holiday

Three years on our 'wish list' and the 12 months in the planning stage during some trying times Lue lisää

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Dubrovnik - Hvar
25.–27. toukok. 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We say farewell to Dubrovnik with the last walk into Old Town (finally find the Iron Throne) and then catch ferry to Hvar, our home for 2 nights only!
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MatkaajaThat chair is HUGE, unless elvin has very short legs! 😝
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MatkaajaYes the chair huge, but I do have poto waewae...lol
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ATV Quad Self drive Tour
26. toukokuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
It had to happen, and after 25 days of sunshine, we had our first rainy day
Thankfully, it was only a light drizzle and lasted for only the morning.
Given a brief and directions of what to see and visit, we are off!
Finished off with 2hrs of lying on the beach sunbathing....Lue lisää
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Tvrdava Fortress - City Fort
26. toukokuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Visited during our ATV Quad experience - Fortica City Fort
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Matkaaja That is a stunning photo!
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SPLIT - Diocletian's Palace
27. toukokuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Second largest city in Dalmatia and on the Croatian shore.
Lying on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
An intraregional transport hub and popular tourist destination.
The site of Diocletian's Palace built for Roman Emperor DiocletianLue lisää
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Split Riva & Bacvice Beach
28. toukokuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Beautiful dinner with the Love of my Life on our 1st night here
Then another day of lying on the beach is on the agenda for Day 2
Closet city beach, and only a 10 minute walk from our Air BnB.
Watch the locals playing a handball game much like hacky sack
Day finished with street food from a small diner that the locals eat atLue lisää
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Matkaaja I love the look of that game. I’d spend all my time giggling.
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History of Split
29. toukokuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Visit to The Augusteum of Diocletian's Palace, including the Crypt of St Lucy, St John Baptistery/Temple of Jupiter, and The Treasury Museum
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Krka National Park
30. toukokuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Saying farewell to Split, we pick up our rental car from the airport and make our way to our next stop for three nights, Bibinje.
Driving on the equivalent of the German autobahn, with a speed limit of 130kms, car racing past and before we know it, opps, did someway say 150km's....😗😗
On the way, we take in the incredible Krka National Park, with amazing waterfalls, and Vistovac Island, the site of Franciscan Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy and the Church of Our Lady of Visovac, among the most important natural and cultural values of the Republic of CroatiaLue lisää
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MatkaajaAmazing area and interesting history we learnt when visiting the small island that is owned by the Franciscan’s (an order of Catholic church)
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Matkaaja Probably belly's full of tourists' fingers.
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Bibinje
30. toukokuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Named after Vibius, a Roman Patrician who owned land in the village.
Located southeast of Zadar between the Adriatic tourist road and the sea.
Our second to last stop here in Croatia
A visit to Zadar, but otherwise sunbathing and floating in the sea, our only agendaLue lisää
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MatkaajaI reckon Austria will be huge cultural shock after Croatia. This place is so colourful and vibrant.
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Zagreb - Croatian Capital
2. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
After a fantastic day at Plitvice Lakes National Park, we arrived into Zagreb early evening, just in time for a quick bite to eat for our dinner.
Today, we visited some of the main attractions to see here in Zagreb, a Capital city steeped in history, and overshadowed with a violent past.Lue lisää
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Plitvice Lakes National Park
2. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Our visit to Plitvice Lakes en route to our last stop here in Croatia 🇭🇷 Zagreb (The Capital)
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Matkaaja Oh, that's stunning.
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Matkaaja Stunning, maybe a wee slip and tumble into the water. LOL
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Ljubljanski - Slovenia
4. kesäkuuta 2024, Slovenia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
MatkaajaSo gorgeous. Beautiful country.
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MatkaajaIs your next stop Prague?
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MatkaajaVienna, Austria then Prague
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Lake Bled - Slovenia
4. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Matkaaja Such natural beauty 😎
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Matkaaja Those cliff top
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Matkaaja Castles are mind blowing. How did they build them without all the fancy dancy equipment we have now.
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MatkaajaAmazing eh, we asked the same question and this was one of the reasons the poor were taxed so much, to pay for the grandiose schemes of the nobility
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Vienna - Austria
5.–8. kesäk. 2024, Itävalta ⋅ 🌩️ 26 °C
MatkaajaAmazing place so much history , buildings of huge proportions and wealth
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Matkaaja I’d forgotten that Hunderwasser building was there. Is it one house or apartments? I’ve always assumed it was apartments
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MatkaajaApartments, this was the very first one he designed though there are many others dotted around the City, but this is the one known as Hunderwasser House
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Palaces & Museums - Vienna
6. kesäkuuta 2024, Itävalta ⋅ 🌩️ 22 °C
Matkaaja I thought the Roman emperor got around in a horse drawn chariot not an American made motorbike. What a disappointment!
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Matkaaja 😂🤣😅
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Sisi Museum
7. kesäkuuta 2024, Itävalta ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Today, we attended a performance of the International renowned Spanish Riding School, with the world famous Lipizzan horses located in the heart of Vienna's Hofburg Imperial Palace
Unfortunately, no photography was permitted while the horses were performing, only at the very end.
Next, we visited Sisi Museum - in honour of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen of Hungary (known affectionatelyby her family members as Sisi,) who was betrothed to Emperor Franz Joseph I at 15 years of age until her death by assassination in 1898Lue lisää
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Matkaaja What fantastic building to sit in. I imagine it was hugely expensive but I’d say even if the horses were unco it would be worth the money.
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MatkaajaYep, very emotional Tania Davis
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Matkaaja Hey, is that who our glacier is named after? I mean our almost former glacier.
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MatkaajaMight have to Google that?
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MatkaajaThat what I wondered too
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Vienna - Day 3
7. kesäkuuta 2024, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Matkaaja What is the wire mesh for? To stop tourist?
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MatkaajaThey doing reno work and I believe it's to prevent any damage to the sculptures from any wayward flying debris
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Matkaaja Interesting. I’d understand that if Strauss wasn’t in gold. I think the gold detracts from the interesting surround.
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MatkaajaReally funny is that it's in a really nondescript area, and we were just walking past on our way back to our accommodation and the Gold us what caught our eye, otherwise we probably would have walked straight past without realising the significance of it
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Prague - Czech Republic
8. kesäkuuta 2024, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Train from Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 today to Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
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Matkaaja That’s pretty cool.
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Matkaaja Hahahahaha … true story !
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Matkaaja Loved this city
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Matkaaja And the wings moved too. I Knick named this building the moths ( with a lisp).
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Georges Bridge
9. kesäkuuta 2024, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
A medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava River in Prague.
Construction began in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV and was completed in the early 15th century
Was originally known as the Stone Bridge or Prague Bridge but has been referred to as 'George Bridge' since 1870Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Such a contrast to the old town and George’s bridge eh.
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MatkaajaWe found 15th century statues and modern art all over Prague, down little side streets and such from just strolling around
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Matkaaja I love that bridge.
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MatkaajaYes I said to Elvin that’s a must and then I went back early when very few people on it … beautiful
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Prague Castle
9. kesäkuuta 2024, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Prague Walking Tour
Old Town (Upper) & New Town (Lower) devastated by major 1000yr flood in 2002
Prague Castle founded sometime around 880 by Prince Bořivoj from the Přemyslov family, with both UNESCO & Czech Heritage StatusLue lisää
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Matkaaja That’s a great shot. The street lamp matches the castle
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Matkaaja This and the bridge are the only two things I recognise from 24 years ago!
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Matkaaja Mind blowing eh.
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MatkaajaWe found out that the Catholic Church own 25 per cent of real estate in Croatia
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Prague continued
10. kesäkuuta 2024, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After our Best of Prague Walking Tour yesterday, we decided to catch the tram back up to Prague Castle and venture into much of what we passed on the outside only!
Inside the incredible St Vitus Cathedral with its amazing stained glass windows, then to the Old Palace with the Coat of Arms of highest officials of the Bohemian Kingdom
Then we visit St George Basilica (the oldest building in Prague Castle) and finally Golden Lane, with the original period homes of early attempts to create gold and a vast array of period Armour and Weapons.Lue lisää
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MatkaajaSoo pleased we went back up, effortless catching the trams tap tap of credit card…
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MatkaajaAmazing places…
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Prague continued 2
10. kesäkuuta 2024, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The continuation of Prague Castle venture
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Matkaaja This was horrific the torture chambers
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Vltara River Cruise & Museum
10. kesäkuuta 2024, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We finish with the River Cruise and Georges Bridge Museum
Our last night dinner and stroll thru the crowded streets on which we stumble upon a Jazz Music Club with free entry....incredible way to end the nightLue lisää
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Matkaaja Illuminatiooooon !!!!
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Dubai - UAE
12.–14. kesäk. 2024, Yhdistyneet Arabiemiirikunnat ⋅ 🌙 32 °C
Our journey home begins. Two nights here in Dubai
Swimming Pool and HD Dealership on the agenda first
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Matkaaja Sounds like a tractor!
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MatkaajaThat's because she was going soooo slow 🐌
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Desert Safari
12. kesäkuuta 2024, Yhdistyneet Arabiemiirikunnat ⋅ 🌬 39 °C
Desert Safari with ATV Quad bike ride, Camel Ride, Falcon Pic and BBQ Dinner
What a fantastic last day/night experience
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MatkaajaThe guide really made the trip… originally from Afghanistan and his driving skills were amazing. Convoy style of 4 wheel drives on sand dunes.. Amazing !!!
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Bedouin Camp - Fire Display
12. kesäkuuta 2024, Yhdistyneet Arabiemiirikunnat ⋅ 🌙 36 °C
Amazing Fire Dance Display
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