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Day 36 21 June 2023 Vintar Gorge, Lake Bled and Lake Bohinj

We were met by our guide for the day and her husband driver at 9am. The weather forecast for today suggests we may have had rain in the afternoon so our plan for the day changed a little. Instead of … Continue reading

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Day 35 20 June 2023 Opatija to Ljubljana Slovenia

We had a latish breakfast, Deb took the chance to go down and have a last look at The Maiden statue. We were picked up at 10am for our drive to Ljubljana. Our driver was the best we have had … Continue reading

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Day 34 19 June 2023 Opatija

No tours, no plans for our day. We travel to Slovenia tomorrow so we had a relaxing day today. Before breakfast we took a walk over to see the statue of The Maiden and the Seagull, Deb wanted a photo … Continue reading

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Day33 18 June 2023 Hum and Motovun

We left at 8:30am, and headed into the centre of the Istrian peninsula to Hum, smallest city in the world. We were told that in Croatian terms, based on Grad, the Croat word for city, which is derived from the … Continue reading

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Day 32 17 June 2023.  Labin Pula Opatija

Our day got under way when our driver, Daniel – an Opatija local, picked us up at 8 :30am and we headed off to Pula at the southern end of the Istria peninsula. Along the way Daniel gave us a … Continue reading

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Day 31 16 June 2023 Plitvice to Opatija

We were picked up a bit before 9am by our driver, Mario, for our transfer from Plitvice to Opatija. He loves to chat thankfully that stopped after a while, we enjoy our peace. But I get ahead of myself, yesterday … Continue reading

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Day 30 15 June 2023 Plitvice Lakes

We were on the “Train” bus to the Western end of the Upper Lakes and the start of our walk at 8:15am. We had an early start to try and beat the crowds. It mostly worked. Number of Views :240

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Day 29 14 June 2023 Split to Plitvice Lakes

Who would have guessed it, a quiet, slow start to our day, well maybe not that slow. We were picked up at about 9am and headed out to Plitvice Lakes, and our commune with nature. From our understanding the Plitvice … Continue reading

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Day 28 (Half way) 13 June 2023 Split

You guessed it, another slow start and an equally easy day. We headed off this morning to see the Green Market and the Fish Market. The Green Market is 5 minutes from our hotel and is an area filled by … Continue reading

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Day 27   12 June 2023 Trip to Bosnia Herzegovina

We were picked up by our driver for the day, Ante. He is an Australian duel citizen who now lives and works here, has done for the last 30+ years. Croatia has a population of about 3.8 million and has … Continue reading

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