Trip: The Big One
There are [74] stories from my trip: The Big One
CROATIA | Thursday, 5 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Exploring the lovely leafy city of Zagreb
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CROATIA | Wednesday, 4 May 2011 | Views [1141]
I settled in for the 5 hour bus trip to Zagreb,
the capital of Croatia
and have decided that is about my limit for a bus trip. My aching knees…and I
have short legs! Once in town I managed to find the right tram, though ended up
riding without ... Read more >
Tags: bus trip, worlds shortest furnicular ride, zagreb
CROATIA | Sunday, 1 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Hanging out in Split with a lot of Americans & swimming under a waterfall in Krka National Park
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CROATIA | Sunday, 1 May 2011 | Views [1062]
The following day it was still raining and since there is nothing better to do on a rainy day than travel I caught the bus to Split. It was a beautiful trip with all the low-lying clouds clinging to the hills and the valleys emerging out of the mist ... Read more >
Tags: beach, krka national park, split, waterfalls
CROATIA | Friday, 29 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Exploring Dubrovnic Old Town before kayaking from Lopud to Simun Island
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ITALY | Thursday, 28 Apr 2011 | Views [616]
Croatia! We arrived just after 7am and I was met at the terminal by the lovely hostel owner from the Dubrovnic Backpackers Club . On the way to the hostel he stopped at the ATM for me and even gave me a little tour of the town on the way to the Lapad ... Read more >
Tags: cycling, dubrovnic, kayaking, lapad, lopud, old town, sipan
ITALY | Tuesday, 26 Apr 2011 | Views [777]
On our second last day in Bari the three of us caught the train to Castellana, where we toured the “Grotte de Castellana": one of the most famous cave systems in Italy with a 3km walk to the “White Cave”, the whitest limestone cave in the world ... Read more >
Tags: bari, ferry, grotte de castellana, limestone caves, limoncello
ITALY | Tuesday, 26 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Bari is not exciting enough to spend 4 days in, but that's what I did waiting for the next ferry to Croatia
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ITALY | Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 | Views [752]
I spent the morning at the Archeological Museum in Naples and discovered where most of the Pompeii murals, paintings & pottery were now situated. This included the “secret room” of old-age porn from the brothels, which you had to be over 16 to ... Read more >
Tags: bari, bus, naples museum, pizza, saint nicholas, santa claus
ITALY | Thursday, 21 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Scaling Mount Vesuvius and sunbathing in Sorrento - all in a day (or two's) work!
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ITALY | Thursday, 21 Apr 2011 | Views [482]
After a late night skyping home it was difficult to drag myself out of bed at 7am in order to catch the train to Ercolano, but I managed to do it as I was excited to visit my next site – Vesuvius! In the end I found I hadn’t needed to rush after all ... Read more >
Tags: beach, sorrento, vesuvius, volcano
ITALY | Wednesday, 20 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Exploring Capri Island off the coast of Naples
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ITALY | Wednesday, 20 Apr 2011 | Views [387]
In order to catch the very cheap ferry to Capri this morning I had to get up early once again (6am!) and almost missed it as I had trouble finding the terminal, which is a car ferry port hidden away behind some big dock buildings and with very little ... Read more >
Tags: anacapri, blue grotto, capri, church of where the wild things are
ITALY | Monday, 18 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
From the dirty streets of Naples to the buried streets of Pompeii
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ITALY | Monday, 18 Apr 2011 | Views [524]
Determined to see St Peters & climb the dome before leaving Rome, I rose early and headed back to the Vatican for the third time. It was totally worth the effort. I joined the line that had already formed just before 8am to scale the 600 stairs to ... Read more >
Tags: castel dell ovo, naples, pompeii, st peters basilica, volcano
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