Zagreb: First Day in Croatia
2017年6月22日, クロアチア ⋅ ⛅ 88 °FIt is hot in Europe this week--it was 90 in London for our half-day layover yesterday and the same here in Zagreb. Nevertheless, we walked all around the old town. Today is a nationalもっと詳しく
It is hot in Europe this week--it was 90 in London for our half-day layover yesterday and the same here in Zagreb. Nevertheless, we walked all around the old town. Today is a nationalもっと詳しく
With everything being closed yesterday we kind of packed today with museums. We started off with the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art. Most of the paintings were done on glass, and even though these areもっと詳しく
Today we left Zagreb and drove 3 hours to Croatia's oldest and most popular park. It is a chain of 16 terraced lakes, connected by waterfalls, surrounded by forest. We walked among the turquoise lakesもっと詳しく
We set off from Korana village on hybrid mountain bikes to cycle rolling backroads through small farms and villages. At one point we were around 6 miles from Bosnia-Herzegovina. After about 10 milesもっと詳しく
Kayaking the Zrmanja River
We said our farewells to Korana Village and our excellent cook, Mariana, and set off for the river kayaking adventure with planned stops along the way.
The first stop wasもっと詳しく
Today we hiked about 10 miles in another of Croatia's national parks--a river canyon in the Velebit mountains. The trail was rocky and steep for 5 miles--about an 1,800 foot elevation gain--but alwaysもっと詳しく
After leaving our harborside town of Novigrad, we drove south past an agricultural area with olives, nectarines, grapes, cherries and a field of yellow Chamomile flowers for making massage oils. Thisもっと詳しく
Today we drove about an hour south to the open sea side of Šibenik, where we picked up kayaks and paddled about 45 minutes to a small car-free island. The water was clear blue-green, and the wind andもっと詳しく
After paddling back from Zlarin island we had just a short drive to our hotel at Trogir, a UNESCO-protected city. The city was founded by the Greeks around the 3rd century BC. The oldest structuresもっと詳しく
We were a bit sad to move on from our new friends and wonderful guide, but excited about what lay ahead for us.
We'd reserved seats on Croatia's equivalent of Greyhound (with a little city busもっと詳しく