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Croatia – Plitvice Lakes
Maybe it’s the chemistry, the sparks that fly… I won’t be surprised if you haven’t heard of the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia. They’ve not been used as a set for Game of Thrones (yet?) and they are a bit out of the way to get to. But this UNESCO site needs to be seen to be believed (my favourite photo is at the bottom of the post). It all started with Tufa. And a bit of chemistry. I shall try and make this simple – basically Tufa is a fragile kind of stone that needs special conditions for creation: clean water and warm summer temperatures. I will leave out the…
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Croatia – Split
Banana Split for my baby… Split was my favourite place in Croatia. It didn’t have the same ‘WOW’ factor of Dubrovnik, but there’s something special about this city. The south of Croatia feels a bit like Italy – the people look fabulous, the sun shines and it’s all coastal with people enjoying the beaches and swimming. Everyone is so friendly and helpful and they all seem to know each other. Everyone is healthy as well – they eat so much fresh fish from the Adriatic Coast, swim daily, go for jobs up into the hills… it’s great to see and really made me want to move here immediately. We drove…
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Croatia – Dubrovnik
You know nothing, Jon Snow… For those of you who watch Game of Thrones, I’m sure you are itching to visit the stunning city of Dubrovnik already, so I don’t need to try and convert you. For those of you who haven’t yet watched the most thrilling and recently quite horrifying GoT series… well… you just have to go here. I feel quite lucky to have seen so much of the world. My parents took us on trips constantly and it just rubbed off on me and I have continued the tradition. It means my eyes have glimpsed beautiful scenery many times, however the UNESCO city of Dubrovnik was only…
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Croatia – Zagreb
Pit Stop… So, for those of you who don’t know, I’m a journalist. I worked at a major Japanese TV company in London for three years and through these connections I now work as a freelance for mainly Japanese TV crews who come to Europe in need of a coordinator/ researcher/ translator/ interpretor/ tour guide/ general helper. I travel all over Europe with these crews and we film all kinds of stories. Recently I have done lots of sports-related events, but this time was extra special – I was asked to coordinate a trip to Croatia under the headline: ‘devastating environmental changes’. Last year, Croatia and the surrounding countries were hit…