Croatia

  • croatia in pictures: rooftops, lakes and truffles

    two weeks in croatia both flew right on by. we started on the coast and made our way north covering dubrovnik, stone, split and porec and made inland areas stops in krka falls, lake plitvice, rovinj and zagreb. the orange…

  • our homes away from home: the europe edition

    and as a follow-up to the asia accomodation recap, here is our recap from our european airbnb and hotels: barcelona: cost/night/person (in cad): $45 the thing that rocked: nothing.  we couldn’t wait to get out of there. the thing that…

  • how zagreb stole our hearts in 72 hours

    we only spent two and a half days in zagreb and although it isn’t a large city, the days flew right by.  by this point we had spent nearly two weeks in croatia moving from the south to the northwest…

  • zagreb’s museum of broken relationships

    another super cool museum stop on this trip was the museum of broken relationships in zagreb. it might sound depressing but it was less about chronicling the demise of relationships but instead about focusing on the symbolism of certain items…

  • truffles for brunch? in croatia… yes please

    by recommendation of frank, we made a pit stop for lunch on our way from porec to zagreb.  motovun is a town east of porec and is situated smack dab in the middle of truffle country.  every autumn, the truffle…

  • pro volleyball in porec?!

    porec was hosting a professional tournament on the weekend that we were in town.  the finals were being played on the first full day we had in town and it was a pretty big production.  in fact, i’d say it’s…

  • chasing more waterfalls at plitvice lakes national park

    our third stop in croatia was plitvice national parks, the biggest and oldest of the country.  it is also a unesco heritage site, one of less than 10 in the country and is by far the most popular of the…

  • Spliting up in Split

    Split is just as touristy as Dubrovnik but we found it to be more laidback. The food choices are more international, we even managed to find eggs benedict for breakfast on our last day. I thought the old town felt…

  • exploring croatia: klis fortress & krka national park

    i’ve learned that driving to croatia can be both relaxing (like our coastal drive), harrowing like trying to find our split airbnb in a city built on one-way traffic and on this day, extra confusing.  why do i say that? …

  • from dubrovnik to split, the best drive in croatia

    we picked up a rental car to service us for the next 10 days while traveling around croatia.  getting from dubrovnik to split is a relatively straightforward trip as both towns/cities are tourist destinations but by driving, we got to…