What’s one thing that can make a couple of international travelers, generally obsessively neurotic about their meticulously planned trip details, feel completely uncomfortable about the week ahead?  A national transportation strike, that’ll do it.  Whatever plans we had previously made for our upcoming week in Paris had to be completely flexible as soon as we …

Our final day in Croatia was a lazy one.  We decided to sleep in a bit before dropping our luggage off at our rental property’s office who agreed to store it for a few hours until we were ready to leave the city.  A breakfast restaurant on the crowded Stradun of Old Town was our …

I cannot be alone when I say that a dream trip to Croatia and the “Pearl of the Adriatic” should include at least one trip to the beach!  While not entirely known for its beaches, Dubrovnik does have quite a few to choose from.  Though beaches here are quite shelly, sometimes even rocky, they are …

For our third full day in Croatia we decided to switch things up a bit.  Weather in Dubrovnik was forecasted to be cloudy, so we took the opportunity to add another stamp to our passports and visit Montenegro.  A day-long bus trip to Montenegro is just one of many different options available from Dubrovnik, and …

Game of Thrones Walking Tour If you’ve read along with the first two posts from Dubrovnik, “Arrival in Dubrovnik and an Unexpectedly Fantastic Meal” and “Exploring Dubrovnik’s Old Town and the City Walls”, you already know that this whole trip was inspired by the television series Game of Thrones.  Thus, if you’re not a fan …