We drove from Hungary to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia where we stayed 4 nights, from the 11th to the 15th August.
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| Dinner in Zagreb |
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| Spot the singer in the window! |
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| Opera House, Zagreb |
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| Local Lake swimming |
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| Haircut time! |
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| Lake and park near our apartment |
From there, we went to Istria, which is at the Northern part of Croatia. We stayed there for four nights from 15th - 19th August and spent time at the beach, sight seeing and horse riding.
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| Our house near Barnam |
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| Dinnertime |
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| Pula Roman Coliseum |
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| Flat tyre as we are leaving! |
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| Swimming near Barnam |
From Istria, we drove to Otocac in the mountains. It was much colder in Otocac and we stayed in some wooden bungalows for three nights and visited the nearby Plitvice Lakes National Park.
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| Picking grapes.... |
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| ... and blueberries |
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| Plitvice Lakes |
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| Fire for cooking! |
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| Fab wooden bungalow for party |
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| Plitvice Lakes |
After the mountains - it was time for the beach again. We drove to Split where we caught the ferry for Brac Island. We were going to Brac Island for 4 nights although liked it that much we stayed there for 11 nights from the 22nd August to the 2nd September.
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| The ferry |
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| Leaving Split |
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| Sutivan harbour |
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| View from above |
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| Our first apartment built 1700s |
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| Chillaxing |
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| Bobovisca |
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| Catching dinner |
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| Vidova Gora - top of Brac |
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| Outside our second apartment |
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| Famous Bol beach |
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| Splitska marina |
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| Fooling around |
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| Lovecina sandy beach |
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| Sutivan park |
After a relaxing time on Brac Island, we got the ferry back to the mainland and then headed to Dubrovnik where we stayed 7 nights. We were meeting Grandma and Grandad which was a surprise for us! We spent time in Dubrovnik old town, went to the top of Mount Srd by cable car and walked down, and spent a day visiting islands.
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| Waiting for the ferry with Bruno |
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| Waiting for 'Dad's friend' |
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| Surprise! Its Grandma and Grandad |
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| Lunch at Luka Cruz Port |
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| Back at Luka Cruz Port! |
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| This is where Game of Thrones was filmed |
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| Dubrovnik Old City |
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| Sunset from Hotel Uvala, Lapad |
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| Ready for dinner |
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| Banje beach |
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| Lapad beach |
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| Dinner at G'ma and G'dads |
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| Cable Car up Mount Srd |
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| Old City from Mount Srd |
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| School project! |
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| Boat trip to Islands |
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| Grandma and Grandad |
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| 'The Boat' |
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| Swimming to sandy beach |
Eventually it was the 9th September and we had spent over a month in Croatia! It was a very nice country with clear waters, stunning history and lovely people. It was great to see Grandma and Grandad.
We left Dubrovnik on the 9th September at 10pm .... on the overnight ferry for Bari, Italy!
