Trips to Eastern European countries, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Macedonia, and Serbia.
Yep, you read that title correctly. We are tough, but until a few years ago, we never would have described ourselves as “walking off a heart attack” tough. That’s right, Grant had…
Our first trip to Europe in 2013, was planned WELL in advance. We had a tentative plan as early as two years before we went. We were on a reasonably strict budget…
Part One Everyone knows that round trip flights are cheaper than two one-way flights. Since the places we wanted to visit on this trip were more of a zig-zag than circular, we…
This morning, we got out and about early to explore. The main “attraction” in Dubrovnik is walking the walls of the old town. From the top of the walls, you have great…
(Note: When I talk about Grant having difficulties today, he was having a heart attack and we didn’t know it at the time. It is a bit scary to think about now,…
Today, we toured Old Town Split… For about two hours. We intentionally woke up early this morning so we could walk through Old Town before it got too hot. We went through…
We had so may good options for a title, we just couldn’t decide!! Plitvice National Park, Three Hundred Hairy Bears, Split, European Heat Wave… So here goes our day… Plitvice Lakes National…
Today was a relatively full day of driving! Our only real stop was a early in the day in Motovun. Motovun is a small hill town, very reminiscent of some of the…
Today has been an adventure. We first had to get a taxi (our first of this trip) to get to the airport to pick up the rental car. The Rijeka airport is…
We have finally arrived in our final country of the trip. Well, sort of our final country. We do have two more flights which will take us through Rome, Prague, and Amsterdam,…
Yesterday, we spent the morning walking around the lake and watching the sky as it was forecast to rain. We started with a trip up to the castle, which is very pretty……
Yesterday, we picked up a rental car and headed for the mountains! As with many rentals, we got something bigger than we reserved because that was what they had…it’s not too big…
Today’s blog is actually hard to write. I am at a bit of a loss for words… At least words that aren’t trite or cliché. Anyway, here goes: Ljubljana is frickin’ amazing!…
I’m sure when we said we were traveling to Slovenia, most of you thought, Where? Why? Slovenia is just south of Austria and north of Croatia (which is across the Adriatic Sea…
