Amanda and I took our Honeymoon in Croatia. We traveled through a good portion of the country, staying in 5 different places along the way.
We started our trip in Split, which included a half day trip to Trogir. Split is famous for Diocletian's palace. Diocletian, a Roman emperor, retired and built the palace in the early 300s AD.
From Split, we took a ferry to the island and town of Korcula (KOHR-choo-lah). Korcula has a nice and quiant little Old Town (the original walled city)
and is the birthplace of Marco Polo. We also took a short bus trip to another small town nearby called Lumbarda, known for it's wineries, specifically the sweet grk wine.
It was here that we found a local's spot along the rocky shore to go swimming in the crystal clear Adriatic Sea.
From Korcula, we took a bus south to Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Adriatic. Within this city of around 250,000 people lies the Old Town,
the well preserved remains of a 15th and 16th century flourishing walled city. Dubrovnik was devastated by an earthquate in 1667, rebuit, and sustained heavy damage again during the
war in the 1990s. Many of the roofs are very new, hence the bright orange color from the new tiles.
We rented a car in Dubrovnik and drove 300 miles north along the coast, then slightly inland to Plitvice (PLEET-veet-seh) Lakes National Park. This national park contains 16 terraced
lakes, laced together by waterfalls with miles of boardwalks to take you through. We also got to see some of the natural caves in the park. We only spent the day here, enough time
to explore most of the park, before moving on.
From Plitvice, we drove another 300 miles northwest to the wine country region of Istria. Here we stayed in a little walled hill town called Motovun. These walled hill towns
dot the countryside. We spent the next 3 days driving around this countryside and stopping at as many wineries as we could. This region produces some fantasticlly different wines
from those you can find here in the US.
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