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Europe #8 - Zagreb, Croatia -> Ljubljana, Slovenia -> Istria, Croatia - September 12-15 2009
* Bethany's Photos of Istria
* Dan's Photos of IstriaSaturday morning we boarded the train to Ljubljana and luckily found an empty window booth. Later we were joined by a retired Canadian soldier from Newfoundland. He had been part of the Canadian contingent in the UN peacekeeping efforts in the Balkan war and was now married to a Croatian woman ( Read more... ) -
Europe #7 - Zagreb, Croatia, September 10-12 2009
When last we left you, it was mid-afternoon Thursday, September 10th and we'd just departed from Plitvička Jezera and were headed to meet Dan's friend, Vjeran, in Zagreb. It was a little stressful trying to get there on time due to rain, rush hour traffic and an unfamiliar city, but we managed ( Read more... ) -
Europe #6 - Plitvička Jezera, Croatia, September 10 2009
Though we were headed for Zagreb from Split in our rental car, we first had a stop to make: the gorgeous Nacionalni Park Plitvička Jezera (Plitvice Lakes in English). The road to Plitvička was pretty, but also stressful. I'm a scaredy-cat about passing into oncoming traffic ( Read more... ) -
Europe #4 - Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 6-8 2009
Dubrovnik! Click here for my whole photo set. Click here for Dan's whole photo set.In Mostar, we boarded the bus to Dubrovnik. There weren't any seats available because a group of seemingly well-off Belgian (or French?) teenage girls had commandeered two seats a piece so they could nap. We shamed them into giving up some seats so we could sit ( Read more... ) -
Europe #2 - Sarajevo, Bosnia y Herzegovina, September 5 2009
* We arrived in Sarajevo safely after a hair-raising flight from Munich over the Alps, complete with thunderstorms. We arrived Friday night and spent Saturday sightseeing. View all of my Sarajevo pictures here: Sarajevo pics* We walked through Old Town in a rainstorm, which made it seem desolate. Many tchotckes for sale, some Communist era items ( Read more... ) -
Europe September 2009 #1 - Introduction
In September of 2009, Dan and I took a trip to Europe starting in Bosnia, then through Croatia & Slovenia, visiting Venice and finally Munich. I've finally edited the pictures down to a reasonable amount (160 out of 1270) and want to share them ( Read more... )
