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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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,…