Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Zagreb, Croatia
Location: Zagreb, Croatia I know I am way behind on this thing, but being on a boat, or on land but without any functioning equipment, makes it difficult. Finally got to a hostel with free internet and no demand from the other tenants, so here’s something from today. Last night I met up with a [...]
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Plitvice to Zagreb, Croatia
Start location: Plitvice National Park, Croatia End location: Zagreb, Croatia Caught the 06:52 bus (brrr…) and got into Zagreb no problem. Said a quick goodbye to Lucy, who had to catch a train to Slovenia, and headed off to the center and hopefully a hostel bed. 20:00 I’m staying at a decent hostel – very [...]
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Location: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia Up at 07:00, breakfast in the Hotel Bellevue dining room (pretty crap for €75/night) and on the trail by the 08:00 opening time. Lucy and I walked on most of the trails in the park, took a park bus, and a ferry, and were mostly finished by around 15:30 [...]
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Split to Plitvice, Croatia
Start location: Split, Croatia End location: Plitvice National Park, Croatia The cruise group kinda fell apart this morning. I guess hangovers and imminently departing buses/trains aren’t conducive to tearful goodbyes. Said a hasty goodbye to Farnaz, Dean, and Natasha, just in case, with plans to find them again at the bus station, but I walked [...]
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Makarska to Split, plus Trogir
Start location: Makarska, Croatia End location: Split, Croatia Nice night last night having drinks on the deck with some of the folks. Must resist saying “with some of the kids”. ;-) Nothing too wild, though, especially compared to some nights. Up at 07:30, shower, breakfast. Eggs and bacon: just as I predicted, they are trying [...]