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road trip south along croatia’s coastal highway to dubrovnik

Posted on April 17, 2010 at 9:32pm Madrid / 3:32pm Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

Most people in the United States can't name one city in Croatia, and among those who can, it is usually Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik is Croatia's most popular tourist city, and a few months ago CNN hailed Dubrovnik as the new hotspot for U.S celebrities. Visitors have included Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kevin Spacey [...]

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Vranjača Cave

Posted on April 9, 2010 at 8:20pm Madrid / 2:20pm Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

Last Sunday we visited Vranjaca Cave with our friends Milda and Mario. It is just a 30 minute drive and 15 miles from Split, but thank goodness Mario was driving because Jay and I would have gotten very lost, and I don't think a GPS would've helped. We drove inland from Split and made so many turns that I lost all sense of direction. We passed through the town of Dugopolje, which is a [...]

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Road trip north along Croatia’s coastal highway to Šibenik and Zadar

Posted on April 4, 2010 at 2:14pm Madrid / 8:14am Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

I have never been a big fan of road trips or going on drives just for the sake of looking out the window. I have always wanted to get where I was going - where I'd do something fun and active. Jay's parents enjoy them, my parents enjoy them, and my mom used to take my Granny on drives, so I figured it was just an [...]

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