Tag: Croatia

  • Official Name: Republic of CroatiaEstablished: 925 (Kingdom), 1527 (Joined Habsburg Monarchy), 1918 (Part of Yugoslavia), 1991 (Independence)Population: 3,855,641 (2022 estimate)Country Size: 56,594 square kmsReligion: 79% CatholicLanguage: CroatianCurrency: EuroCapital: ZagrebOrder of Visit: Eighty ThirdFirst Visit: 29 April 2024 Last Visit: 04 May 2024Duration: 6 DaysHighlights: Dubrovnik – Exploring the historic and picturesque town. Other – Exploring…

  • Saturday 04 May 2024Highlights: Finnair Non-Schengen Business Class Lounge Today is the start of the long journey home. Six of us had organised to go to the airport together – Theresa, Ivan, Megan, Alexa, Darby and myself. We had breakfast together and order an Uber van. T he vehicle that showed up however was not…

  • Friday 03 May 2024Highlights: Smooth Ferry Crossing, Exploring Diocletian’s Palace, Farewelling our group Early morning start as we needed to drop our bags off for transfer to the ferry at 6.30 am. With the breakfast buffet opening at 6.30 am and us needing to walk to the ferry at 7 am today was not the…

  • Thursday 02 May 2024Highlights: Enjoying Palmizana Island Today was a day of leisure on Hvar with a morning visit to Palmizana Island. First up I was woken up early by a crying toddler 😦 But breakfast helped get the day back on track before our cruise to Pakleni Island.

  • Wednesday 01 May 2024Highlights: Ferry to Hvar With a 2 pm departure from Dubrovnik Darby and me were keen to get back down to the Old Town and use the Cable Car for a different prespective of the area. Unfortunately just as we were about to buy our ticket they shut down the cable car…