And so the last 2 days of our guided tour have arrived. Today we leave Bled and travel across the border once more to Zagreb in Northern Croatia where we will spend the final 2 nights.
Happiness is - another full day in Slovenia which was just beautiful. The main attraction in this area is, of course, Lake Bled, but there was so much else to see and enjoy.
It was a Wednesday and the skies were blue in Croatia! Almost a strange phenomenon, according to some of the locals after so many days of non-stop rain.
After just 1 night in Split we were once again on our way to visit the Plitvice Lakes.
Today we travelled 230kms (142m) from Dubrovnik to Split, approximately halfway up the Dalmatian Coast, one of the 4 historical regions of Croatia.
Wow, we were in Dubrovnik. We had heard and read so much about this ancient city and were really excited about the opportunity to explore and discover on foot.
Over the years, as we have travelled, I have realised that there are 3 things which I particularly love to see and they are waterfalls, bridges and steeples.
My first opportunity to travel beyond the borders of South Africa came in 1968 when I was selected to be an AFS student. What an exciting moment it was when I received the letter of confirmation of selection. The date is permanently etched in my brain – 11 December 1967.
The day after our walking tour of Sarajevo, at 8am, we left by coach for Dubrovnik in Croatia ,stopping in Mostar, a city which had been almost completely destroyed in the 1990s' war.
As you read in my first article for this trip, we arrived at our hotel at about 11:30pm so we had a bath and went to bed.