• Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ljubljana was very different from any city we’d been in the Balkans so far. It felt more ā€˜European’, if that makes any sense. This was all down to some architect dude called Jože Plečnik who travelled a lot in Europe and returned to Ljubljana to redesign the city. He didn’t…

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  • Zagreb, Croatia

    Zagreb, Croatia

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the most important rule of travel is to acclimatise to the local conditions for the time of year. The weather won’t change to suit us so we’ll just need to adapt to it. Even if that means…putting ice in our cider!…

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  • Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

    Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

    Wherever you go in in Croatia, you’ll find the Plitvice Lakes National Park being promoted. All that advertising sems to be working as it has over one million visitors each year. In fact, it’s so popular that the park authorities restrict the number of hourly entrants. We’d always wanted to…

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