For our last morning in Zadar, we had one final round of a rich, flaky pastries and sweet ripe cherries before hitting the road. We drove a couple hours to our next outdoor adventure: Krka National Park. Similar to Plitvice…
Chillin’ the old school way in Zadar
While we would have loved to sleep in for our first morning in Zadar, we had a 7am wake up as we had to move the trusty VW Golf. It had been a holiday the day before (Feast of Corpus…
We went chasing waterfalls…
…and decided not to stick to the rivers and lakes that we’re used to. We woke up early and had a nice simple, yet hearty, breakfast at our inn. The highlight being bread and lots of individually packaged spreads; the…
Goodbye Armenia, Hellooooo Croatia!
Our last night in Armenia was a doozy. A 6am flight required us to leave for the airport at 3am, so we made the bold decision to stay up all night. Grant worked on booking us up through Croatia, and…
Solo Yerevan Wanderings: Part 2
After another relaxing morning (we could really get used to this lifestyle! ESPECIALLY when a delicious breakfast awaits down the hall in the fridge!) we ducked over to grab another tasty lahmujun for lunch. From there, we headed over to…
Luggage, Churches, and Temples… oh MY!
Our second day with Maria began with a multi-channel scramble (messaging our host on AirBnB, emailing our tour guide, and calling the airport baggage transfer office) to coordinate getting our bags back. Fortunately, we got them back 30 minutes before…
Solo Yerevan Wanderings
We woke up later than usual since this was our first lazy morning since the gulet cruise (endless sight-seeing is hard work!). We munched on our GUM market bounty from the day before, and rallied to start our day. Our first…
Going going, back back, to Armenia Armenia
Yesterday we spent the day getting to know Yerevan (the capital city of Armenia) via an all day tour. Our guide, Maria, was terrific and full of information about everything Yerevan and Armenia, both past and present. We visited Victory…
TTFN, Turkey; Hello Urban Camping
For our last morning in Turkey, we decided to head to Cafe Privato for a traditional Turkish Breakfast. This spot was a favorite of Grant’s from our last visit to Turkey, but a pleasure I’d not gotten to experience as…
#TurkishThings
With our departure from Turkey imminent, we thought we should note a few things that surprised, delighted, and amused during our time in this wonderful country: Tea, tea and more tea: we were once told that Turks drink ~16 cups of…