Croatia

Lest you be misled that we're eating healthy ALL the time, we do have a weakness for gelato, and gelato stands are as popular as coffee shops in Seattle. Would you believe dark chocolate gelato? [...]

Trogir is another lovely walled city in Croatia. It's so odd to see a cobblestone street and stone buildings with modern day-to-day shopping and hubbub going on. The statue is beautiful, isn't it? Especially the [...]

Built in the 4th century, this palace has withstood time well, very intact for the period, and carefully (minimally) restored. It's an odd story - apparently Diocletian built this huge palace, complete with an elaborate [...]

In Karlovac, near the border with Bosnia, there are remnants from the war in the early 90's, including United Nations barriers, decommissioned tanks and shrapnel marks on the buildings. Many hundreds of Croatians died before [...]

Plitvice Lakes are in the Lika region of Croatia (where Mike's family was from). Nestled in the mountains, there are 16 lakes lying at different altitudes separated by natural travertine barriers, linked by foamy cascading [...]

Bursting with fresh produce both from Croatia and Italy, the famer's markets are lively and packed with people shopping for their daily groceries. We saw many markets in different parts of Croatia - usually they [...]

Holy guacamole, this Croatian is a mouthful. It's a Slavic based language, not a Latin based language, so it has different characters and not much familiar point of reference for those who speak English, Spanish [...]

Croatian women are lovely, typically with dark hair and creamy skin. The top photo shows a Dubrovnik parade with historical costumes (and lively Croatian music!) The bottom shows the love that the older generation has [...]

Dubrovnik, Croatia is a picturesque walled city by the Adriatic Sea. Although the city was damaged in the Serbo-Croatian war in the early 90's, it's now a UNESCO world heritage site. The buildings inside have [...]