Day: August 25, 2016

I can’t tell you how many times we were asked this question while we were planning our trip to Croatia. I suppose people from the states still associate Croatia with the Yugoslav wars. In reality, there is very little to remind you of the war that ended in 1995. Croatia is a beautiful country, with friendly people, excellent food, and an interesting history.
 

We actually started our adventure from Trieste, Italy. We drove our cute little Alfa Romeo south from Trieste, through Slovenia, and into Croatia. Our first stop was Umag, a port town almost directly across the Adriatic Sea from Venice. We stopped for a quick lunch before hitting the road and heading further south.
 

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Prior to our trip to the Balkans, we had heard some of the border crossings could be difficult and that people had been turned away. We were especially concerned about the crossing entering Bosnia and Herzegovina from Croatia at Neum, just north of Dubrovnik, and again when you cross back into Croatia. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a small (5 mile long) stretch of coastline so you have to pass through that country if you’re driving south along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. If we couldn’t get across that border we couldn’t get to our next destination, Dubrovnik.

All told, we drove across borders into/from former Yugoslavian countries eleven times: Read more →