And we arrived at Korkula, it is the second most populous Adriatic island after Krk, and the most populous Croatian island not connected to the mainland by a bridge! Our Airbnb host was waiting for us at the terminal, she was super nice and quite a character and helped the strongest of the group (Nadeem) to carry…
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The Elaphiti Islands
Today we booked a boat to take us all day around the Elaphiti Islands. The Elaphiti Islands or the Elaphitesis a small archipelago consisting of several islands stretching northwest of Dubrovnik, in the Adriatic sea. Our original plan was to book a boat with more people, but because we had to take a ferry to Split that…
Pearl Of The Adriatic
Today is the second day in Dubrovnik. Today we separated as Tania and Nadeem are huge fans of the show Game of Thrones, so they decided to take a tour of the filming locations around the old town. We haven’t seen the show, so we booked an old city tour in the morning and a…
Dubrovnik
We arrived in Dubrovnik! Our first stop of beautiful Croatia. Our friends Nadeem and Tania will be joining us for this part of the trip. It has been a lot of planning and logistics so we could meet, so we were really excited to see them and have the opportunity to travel together!! After an…
The Pirates Of Montenegro
Today we will be leaving the tiny country of Montenegro to get to Croatia. But first,we stopped at the towns of Perast and Herceg Novi on the way out. Again, public transportation between countries is pretty limited or super complicated so we ended up hiring a car and driver to take us to Croatia while stopping…
The Bay Of Kotor
We took an expensive car (driver set up by the nice owner of the hotel we were at) to bring us to the bay of Kotor, our first stop in Montenegro. Montenegro was part of former Yugoslavia and gained independence in 2006. The vote heralded the end of the former Union of Serbia and Montenegro –…
The Bridge Of Mostar
Our journey through Bosnia continues with the town of Mostar. It is the most important city in the Herzegovina region and its cultural capital. We took a 2 hr bus to get there from Sarajevo, the scenery on the way there was amazing. It makes you wonder why such few people visit Bosnia. Situated on…
Sarah & Jevo
After a day full of war history, we decided to visit the city of Sarajevo as it stands today. In 2010, Lonely Planet’s “Best In Travel” nominated Sarajevo as one of the top ten cities to visit that year, and so far it has been absolutely amazing. After walking a little bit in the main plaza, we headed straight to…
The Sarajevo Siege
We were picked up from our hostel by the shuttle service 1 hr late. There is no public Transport between Serbia and Bosnia (they still don’t like each other, shocking!!) so travelers usually have to find a private transport or rent a car to cross the border into Bosnia. The drive was absolutely stunning and the…
The Balkans: Belgrade
We arrived at Serbia! when we exited Belgrade (Serbia capital) airport, the city received us with a thunderstorm. We took a public bus that droped us off at the bus station and from there we couldnt walk as originally intended so we took a taxi. Serbia is landlocked and borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria…
The Goddess Of Wisdom
Today was sightseeing Athens day! People said it only takes a day to visit the most important sites in the city as they are all concentrated in a small walkable area around the Acropolis. We were supposed to wake up early to visit the Parthenon to beat all the cruise line tours but the snooze…
The Temple Of Apollo
After realizing we have seen everything in Paros, we explored the possibility to visit other islands for the day. Our first option was to go to Mykonos, but unfortunately, today was the only day of the week with no day tours there. Instead, we decided to go to Naxos, which is the other big island next…
Paros
Sightseeing day in Paros! We started the day as usual by renting another ATV quad-bike to be able to visit all the island. We have noticed that locals here are less friendly than in Santorini. The first stop was the town of Lafkes, the first capital of Paros. The village is located under a pinewood on…
Cyclades
We started today by visiting the famous Perissa black sand beach. We have never been to such a colorful beach and it was breathtaking. Most of Santorini’s beaches are composed of dark volcanic sand that gets searingly hot in the mid-day sun. The sand is made by these small black rocks that do not stick to you…
Postcard Sunset
The first day we visited the more authentic, less touristy part of Santorini. Today we are heading north to Thira (or Fira) and Ia, the second largest city. We began our day stopping at a Greek bakery to buy a diabetic-preferred breakfast. Some Loukoumades and a Kataifi, basically sugar on top of more sugar soaked with sugary syrup. Delicious…
Welcome to Greece!
We have arrived in Greece!! We started our day in Santorini with a delicious Greek coffee from the lady at the hotel. The people here are extremely friendly and always looking to help. She provided us a long explanation of everything there is to see here so we decided to rent a quad bike to…
Swiss Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks
In order to get to Greece we needed to stop at Zurich in Switzerland for a few hours, we decided to go visit the city instead of waiting at the airport. From the moment we arrived at Switzerland we were reminded why this is called the first world. Everything here feels more civilized, clean, people…
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