Lake Balaton, in the west of Hungary, is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. Within an hour’s drive of Budapest, the lake attracts day-trippers and people after a short break. They come for the scenery, the water sports, the cycling, and to swim in the thermal baths at Heviz. We had another reason to come as well. Jan’s […]
Category: Croatia
A Rainy Interlude in Zagreb
After experiencing the sights in Ljubljana while dodging the showers, our luck with the weather didn’t change when we got to Zagreb. But again, that didn’t stop us from getting out and about Croatia’s capital. With three nights, and two full days to explore, there were enough breaks in the rain to see all that the city offers. It seems […]
Catching Up With Family on the Croatian Riviera
The final stop on our northward journey through Croatia was Opatija, the gateway to Croatia’s Istrian Peninsula. As well as being a resort city on Croatia’s answer to the French Riviera, it is also home to some of Jan’s relatives. She last saw them in the early 1980s, so it was a nice reunion all these years later. Of course, […]
A Few Days Living In a Roman Emperor’s Palace
Our journey continued from Puglia, taking another overnight ferry across the Adriatic to the Croatian port city of Split. Most of the old city of Split is enclosed behind the walls of the palace of the Roman Emperor, Diocletian. Our apartment was inside the walls, so we spent a few days living in the remains of his palace. We really […]