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Croatia General  Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Croatia Intercity Railway Experience Experiences: Participate in maškare  Play/hear tamburica  Taste brodet NOMAD MANIA Croatia – Slavonia and Baranja (Osijek, Sisak, Bjelovar) Tentative WHS: Frontiers of the Roman Empire Croatian Limes (01/02/2005)  Historical-Town … Continue reading →

Croatia – Dalmatia (Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Knin, Brač, Hvar, Makarska) March 24, 2019 ZADAR Oštri Rat Lighthouse (Puntamika Lanterna). At the far north end of Zadar, this small (~20m high) round, stone lighthouse has a spiral staircase on the outside. It … Continue reading →

Croatia General  Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Croatia Intercity Railway Experience Experiences: Participate in maškare  Play/hear tamburica  Taste brodet NOMAD MANIA Croatia – Central, Međimurje (Zagreb, Karlovac, Lika-Senj) World Heritage Sites: Plitvice Lakes National Park Tentative WHS: Burg – Castle of … Continue reading →

Croatia – Istra and Primorje (Rijeka, Pula, Krk, Pag) March 22 Tips for Croatia. 1. Currency. Croatian kuna HRK. At the end of March 2019: 1€ = 7.38 kn; 1US = 6.53 kn; 1 Canadian = 4.87kn After making sure … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Slovenia – Eastern (Maribor, Celje, Novo Mesto, Postojna) Tentative WHS: Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (25/11/2015) Sights: Logar Valley Landscape Park Postojna Cave Predjama Castle Islands: Kostanjevica na Krki Borders: Austria-Slovenia Croatia-Slovenia Hungary-Slovenia XL: Bad Radkersburg/Gornja … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Slovenia – General  Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Bohinj Vogel Cable Car Nova Gorica to Jesenice Slovenia Railway Experience Velika Planina Cablecar Experiences: Taste Ajdovi žganci NOMAD MANIA Slovenia – Western (Ljubljana, Bled, Kranj, Koper, Piran) World Heritage … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Greece – North Aegean islands (Lemnos, Lesbos, Samos, Chios) World Heritage Sites: Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos Tentative WHS: Ancient Towers of the Aegean Sea (16/01/2014) Late Medieval … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Greece – Dodecanese Islands (Rhodes, Kos, Patmos) World Heritage Sites: Medieval City of Rhodes The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos Tentative WHS: … Continue reading →

I did not go here but include it for completeness sake. There were no ferries from Crete (except weekly). The Cyclades lie at the heart of the Aegean and are so named because they form a kyklos (circle) around the … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Greece – Crete (Iraklio, Chania) Tentative WHS: Ancient Greek Theatres (16/01/2014) Fortress of Spinalonga (16/01/2014) Gorge of Samaria National Park (16/01/2014) Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece (16/01/2014) Minoan Palatial Centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Kydonia) (16/01/2014) Islands: … Continue reading →