Steve and I spent a week in Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Each day we were amazed by the sheer beauty of the land in each place we visited. We spent a day in Split, two nights on the island of Korcula, two days and nights in Dubrovnik and a night in each Mostar and Kotar.
With one exception, in each town we stayed in a sobe, an apartment or room you rent in someone’s home. Most of the hotels in the area have seen little improvement in the last twenty or thirty years and are not terribly inviting. Sobes are everywhere and made a lot more sense for us, plus it gave us the opportunity to talk to our hosts and hear their stories. We learned so much from them about what is was like living in communist (former) Yugoslavia, and how their lives are different now.
Split and Dubrovnik were similar as far as being on the water, having interesting and beautiful architecture and history, restaurants, and tourists. Dubrovnik has a leg up on Split with its architecture and city layout. As Steve kept saying, it’s as awe inspiring as Venice, without the canals.
Korcula – an island two hours by ferry from Split. We relaxed, sat on the beach, rented a car and drove most of the island, and fit in wine tasting along the way.
Mostar – this city still has serious signs of war as you’ll see in our pictures. Some of the city is modern and beautiful and then you turn a corner and see a building riddled with bullet holes and only partially standing. The city is a really interesting mix of religious and pre/post war evidence. We saw a great video that captured the Old Bridge being bombed. It eventually fell and we rebuilt a few years ago.
Kotar – the Bay is stunning and visiting this country that established its independence just over a year ago was a treat.
With one exception, in each town we stayed in a sobe, an apartment or room you rent in someone’s home. Most of the hotels in the area have seen little improvement in the last twenty or thirty years and are not terribly inviting. Sobes are everywhere and made a lot more sense for us, plus it gave us the opportunity to talk to our hosts and hear their stories. We learned so much from them about what is was like living in communist (former) Yugoslavia, and how their lives are different now.
Split and Dubrovnik were similar as far as being on the water, having interesting and beautiful architecture and history, restaurants, and tourists. Dubrovnik has a leg up on Split with its architecture and city layout. As Steve kept saying, it’s as awe inspiring as Venice, without the canals.
Korcula – an island two hours by ferry from Split. We relaxed, sat on the beach, rented a car and drove most of the island, and fit in wine tasting along the way.
Mostar – this city still has serious signs of war as you’ll see in our pictures. Some of the city is modern and beautiful and then you turn a corner and see a building riddled with bullet holes and only partially standing. The city is a really interesting mix of religious and pre/post war evidence. We saw a great video that captured the Old Bridge being bombed. It eventually fell and we rebuilt a few years ago.
Kotar – the Bay is stunning and visiting this country that established its independence just over a year ago was a treat.
Here are a ton of pictures - it was too hard to widdle them down.
