If you talk to most locals, they are not fans of Zagreb. The Croatian coast is typically the preferred spot of many Croats. As a place to spend a few months, we found it pretty ideal. Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, is a very manageable and approachable city. For the most part, it’s a fairly inexpensive city…
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I was just ten years old when the Bosnian War started. Growing up in the idyllic surrounds of the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, I was utterly unable to imagine what exactly was happening on the other side of the world in a war that was barely peaking into my consciousness. I knew it seemed…
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When I wasn’t on a bunch of solo trips throughout the Balkans and Eastern Europe, Zagreb, Croatia was our home base for a few months. I’ll be covering my overall impressions of the Croatian capital, sites to see, etc in another post. In this one, I’ll be focused on the dining highlights of our time…
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When we first started talking to friends about going to Croatia, Split was almost unanimously recommended as a top place to visit. We spent three very packed days in this beautiful coastal Croatian town. Split, the second largest city in Croatia, is definitely a big tourist destination. We visited in mid-September so it wasn’t overrun…
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While we were in Split for a few days, Richard arranged for us to go truffle hunting for my birthday. I had no idea what to expect. It was one of the coolest things we’ve done during our travels these past few months by far! For some background, Istria is the area of Croatia known…
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Premantura We spent a little over two weeks in Premantura, a small town just south of Pula on the coast of Croatia. Premantura is right at the entrance of the Kamenjak peninsula which makes it quite the amazing location. From where our apartment was, we could be in the sea within about a 10-minute walk.…
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While visiting North Macedonia, I took a day trip to Lake Ohrid and the town of Ohrid. This, of course, meant renting another car. I was picking up and dropping off the car in downtown Skopje. The location given for the rental car company was a hotel about a mile or so from my airbnb.…
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I’ll admit to not really knowing anything about Macedonia or its capital, Skopje, before arriving in the Balkans. Skopje and a day trip to Ohrid were recommended by a guide friend of ours and, after doing a bit of research of my own, I was intrigued and booked a three-night trip to the Republic of…
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I’ll be honest — at first, we were a bit unimpressed by the food in Istria. Perhaps we had gotten spoiled with the consistently good yet pretty cheap food in Zagreb. Or maybe the years dining in one of the great food cities in the US had gotten to us. Either way, the first few…
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As part of my trip to Dubrovnik, I decided to rent a car and drive to Montenegro. I had a little over a day so I had to limit a bit of my exploring to a couple of places. But, before getting into the beauty of this Balkan country, I rented my first car internationally…
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