Days 2-3 London to Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik to Zagreb to Plitvice

Days 2 and 3 we spent mostly driving or flying. Here are the highlights:


Dubrovnik was a freaking charming city. After checking into our apartment (the only one listed inside the old town), we quickly set out walking along the walls and ultimately ended up having drinks at café Buza. Its right outside the original walls and sits on some rocks overlooking the Adriatic. It was a great way to see “start” our vacation

We walked around the old town to determine our prime dinner location. Its worth noting that no cars are allowed within the city walls. So, the

main streets are lined with cafes, with all of tourists walking down the middle. There is apparently no need for me to find a starbucks in the city because every inch of every street has a café serving fantastic espresso. We finally decided upon Proto. It was highly recommended in lonely planet. But, the prices were pretty high and we just weren’t sure that the food was going to live up. LP was right. Food was fantastic. Well worth it.






















Day 3 was spent flying from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, then driving to Plitvice, a Unesco World heritage site and national park. Before we left, I diligently printed off directions, however, I didn’t have any specific addresses, So, I had to print off directions from town center to town center…um, that didn’t work so well. The Zagreb airport was not in the town center. So, we are now driving our manual transmission car around Zagreb trying to find our way to Plitvice national park. This was complicated by the fact that there weren’t a lot of opportunities for me to turn around. Anytime I took a wrong turn, it took us around 15 minutes to just get back to the original spot. As you can imagine, after about 45 minutes of this I was fuming, cursing german automakers for their manual transmission, cursing croatia for posting their road signs only about 1 foot before you need to turn and cursing the internet for not providing good directions. On top of this, I was hungry and hadn’t eaten. At this point Joanna says, “wait, doesn’t your blackberry have GPS?” I grumbled about how it probably didn’t work and we shouldn’t bother. Joanna was unfazed and found the “directions” portion of the maps application. Turned on the satellites and entered Plitvice as the location that we need directions to. The blackberry found our location and told us exactly how to get there.

At about 9 pm, we arrived in the park. We quickly checked into the hotel (hotel Jezero in the park). And, we were rewarded with another fabulous meal (Restaurant Licka Kuka): A meat platter with potatoes that were cooked under a bell. I don’t know what that means, but I think it means that they were soaked in oil and cooked. It was fantastic.