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    Croatia Trip Days 13 cont., 14, & 15- The Finale

    August 9, 2024 - By Jen

    We finally made it to the last part of our Croatia trip! I’m combining the rest of Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15 into one post because it’s mostly festival stuff and then traveling home. We had an amazing time on this trip. The group we were traveling with…

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    Croatia Trip Days 12 & 13: Tamburica Festival & Nikola Tesla Technical Museum

    August 8, 2024 - By Jen

    Day 12 of our trip was the big day- our festival performance in Zagreb! For Day 13 of our Croatia trip, we spent the morning visiting the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum and then in the afternoon we watched the kids in our group as part of the tamburica festival combined…

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    Croatia Trip Day 11: Zagreb Botanical Garden

    August 6, 2024 - By Jen

    Day 11 officially kicked off the CFU’s Tambura Across Generations festival. This was the main reason for our trip to Croatia and was very exciting since it was the first time the junior and adult CFU festivals were combined. I played in a junior festival in Zagreb in 2013 and…

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    Croatia Trip Days 9 & 10: Pula, Rovinj, and Zagreb

    August 1, 2024 - By Jen

    Day 9 of our Croatia trip was while we were staying in Opatija, with side visits to the towns of Pula and Rovinj. Day 10 was a travel day from Opatija to Zagreb, where the festival we were performing in would be held. The schedule for Day 9 included tours…

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    Croatia Trip Days 7 & 8: Pools, Wine, Salt, and Football

    July 29, 2024 - By Jen

    Days 7 and 8 of our Croatia trip were some of the more un-exciting days. Day 7 was spent mostly relaxing at our hotel in Zadar and Day 8 was primarily spent on the bus on the way to Opatija. But, of course, we did see and do some fun…

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    Croatia Trip Day 6: Krka Falls, Zadar, and our First Concert

    July 24, 2024 - By Jen

    Buckle in, because Day 6 of our Croatia trip was a busy one! We had a lot to see that day, our first concert of the trip, and some very tight transition times in between! We started the day with a visit to Krka Falls National Park, then had a…

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    Croatia Trip Day 5: A Long Bus Ride, a Visit to Split, and History was Made

    July 19, 2024 - By Jen

    Our time in Dubrovnik was great, but it was time to move to our next hotel in Zadar. This meant that Day 5 of our trip was mostly a travel day, but we did do a stop in Split to tour the city with a local guide. Split is best…

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    Croatia Trip Day 4: Lokrum Island

    July 17, 2024 - By Jen

    Day 4 of our Croatia trip was still spent in Dubrovnik, but was a free day with no scheduled group activities. Josh and I decided to use our day to visit Lokrum Island, which is just off the coast of Old Town Dubrovnik. The island is a nature preserve, as…

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    Croatia Trip Day 3: Old Town Dubrovnik, Cavtat, Wine Tasting, Mills, and More!

    July 16, 2024 - By Jen

    Day 3 of our trip was an extremely long and tiring day, but full of fun and interesting things to do. We took a tour of Old Town Dubrovnik, had some free time in town, visited the town of Cavtat, had a wine tasting, had a rakija tasting at an…

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    Croatia Trip Days 1 & 2: Planes, Busses, and Sleep Deprivation

    July 16, 2024 - By Jen

    Dobro došli! This post will be the first in a series of recaps of our 2 week trip to Croatia. But first, some quick background on why Croatia! My grandfather was Croatian, and he, along with my grandma, great aunts, and others, were involved in our local Croatian cultural hall,…

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They called it the ‘End of the Line’… and no They called it the ‘End of the Line’… and now we know why. 😳🔒

Touring Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary was like stepping into a chilling time capsule. From infamous inmates to eerie energy in every corridor, this place is packed with history- and a few ghost stories too. 👻 

After walking the cell blocks, we did a whiskey tasting at the on-site distillery 🥃 and grabbed a bite at The Warden’s Table. Who knew prison could taste this good? 😅 

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We survived our whirlwind weekend in Maryland! Jo We survived our whirlwind weekend in Maryland!

Josh and I got to Maryland last week, but then this last Thursday was when his coworkers got to town and the real excitement began. We started off Thursday afternoon at the USGS Bee Lab. The lab offers growing space for local organizations, so we potted some seedlings with Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay and then took a tour of the new lab building. The Bee Lab is on the federal chopping block, so they have been minimizing their projects in case they have to close. That means the shrubs Josh and I planted last year in a new research plot are gone and rehomed, so it was pretty sad. We are still holding out hope, though, that funding can be saved or the lab can be moved to USFWS!

After the bee lab, we headed to DC Green Drinks at Metro Bar. We met lots of great people here!

Friday we spent the day with Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay setting up for NatureFest and meeting with the BBC crew that would be filming the event! We ended up Friday night with having to pick up Josh's boss and coworker from the restaurant we all had dinner at and take them to the impound lot to get the rental car back (don't worry, it's their own fault it got towed 😛).

Saturday was NatureFest at College of Southern Maryland, put on by Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay, Neighborhood Creative Arts Center, and Keep La Plata Beautiful. We helped staff the Wild Ones booth and hung out with Molly the Monarch. We ended Saturday night at the demolition derby! We went with Josh's boss and his coworker & her family- it was everyone else's first time at a demo derby, so that made it extra fun.

Sunday, we drove from Maryland to the eastern edge of Ohio where we stayed at a great Harvest Hosts winery. Then Monday, we had a few more hours to drive to the Detroit area. Our crazy weekend is done for me, but now Josh is at a conference in Detroit for the next two days. Meanwhile, I'm hanging back at our campsite by the beach!
Josh grew up doing Memorial Day ceremonies with Bo Josh grew up doing Memorial Day ceremonies with Boy Scouts, so when we happened to be in the Washington DC area for Memorial Day we wanted to find something special to do. 

Sunday we visited Arlington National Cemetery for Flowers of Remembrance- the only time that the public is allowed to walk up to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to place a flower. Then we caught the end of their Meet a Sentinel event, a lecture on the history of Memorial Day, and a walking tour focused on Army history in honor of the Army's 250th birthday.

Monday, we went into DC proper. We didn't get to everything we wanted to, but we got to watch the Memorial Day Parade- which is considered the largest Memorial Day event in the country. The parade itself was neat, but walking around before-hand through the setup might have been even cooler. Everywhere we walked there were bands rehearsing and it was pretty wild to witness (and hear!). 
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