Again, I'm behind on my blog posting. Terrible internet connections and a lack of free time are to blame, but to accommodate I'll cover three stops in one post. As with all of this entire blog, there is much more to tell when I get home.
We spent two days on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, there weren't 101 puppies there though. The coast is what Croatia is known for, and countless empires have fought over it. It was very easy to see why once we got to Bibinje from Zagreb. I live very near the Jersey Shore, so I now a bit about beautiful coasts, but we have nothing on Dalmatia. Other than a short trip to the nearby city of Zadar to go out to eat and see the Roman ruins, most of the time was spent just relaxing. The beach was great and the water cool and clear, no sand on the beaches though just rocks.
From Zadar the journey led us to Trieste, Italy. I had initially planned on stopping there if time permitted, if for nothing else than to add another country to the list. Trieste is a small but charming city by day, and a roaring party town by night. It was really amazing how many people were out on the streets. The city is on the Adriatic coast, but has no beach. We found out later that the beaches are just outside the city, which apparently everyone goes to. At this point we had made very good time throughout the whole trip, and out of curiosity looked up the distance to Venice. It turned out to be only two hours, nothing for us expert road trippers. Venice was crazy, the city on the canals is quite unique and intriguing. We made it to Saint Mark's square after much searching, Venetian streets are impossible to navigate. The Germany vs. Australia world cup game was pretty awesome to watch in a really cool Venetian bar as well. Venice is not the nicest city in the world though, and I wouldn't have wanted to spend a lot more time there.
Slovenia began our journey back north. We stayed in Ljubljana, which is a really cool little city( only about 300,00 people) and capital. Our hostel that we booked in advance was not the one we ended up staying at, and this story is inappropriate for the blog as I'll use far too many naughty words. Anyway, Ljubljanski Grad(Castle) was awesome, and tiny compared to Prague Castle. Square of the Republic was very underwhleming, it's really just a parking lot. Heading north from Ljubljana, we stopped in Bled(awesome name for a town btw). The town is on Lake Bled and is incredibly beautiful. Pictures will do it more justice than my description can.
We're in Munich now, which has been great so far. I like being back in Germany. Next post will cover the happenings in Bavaria.
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