Labor Day Weekend in... Croatia???

Right, probably not exactly the first place you'd think of to spend Labor Day weekend. I'm sure some of you might have thought, "Croatia? Aren't they still at war?"

Well they're not at war. And it happens to be a very cool and beautiful country. Many Europeans know this and the little islands that run along the Croatian coast and span out into the Adriatic Sea are popular tourist destinations in the summertime.

This was our second time to Croatia, the last time being a year ago when we went to the Istrian penninsula. This time we went a little further south onto the island of Losinj.


The island of Losinj is long and narrow and only has about 4 or 5 little villages on it. There's pretty much only one road that winds its way lengthwise up and around the mountainous terrain from the north ferry landing to the southern tip of the island.

The drive was as always one of my favorite parts of the trip. Winding roads, cliffs that drop off to the sea, and of course...

The unique and risque advertising that Eastern Europe is famous for!




This trip was really just about getting away to somewhere different to relax and enjoy a place we don't get to visit very often. This little cove was right outside from the backdoor of our hotel. I swam for little while here (the water was FREEEEEEZING!!!!!!). We spent most of the day on a sandy beach just chilling, reading, and snorkelling.



The sun set on our vacation on Sunday. We drove back up the island, crossed back over to the mainland, up through Slovenia and across into Italy. The whole trip home took us about 5 hours. We woke up Monday morning with another full day to kill. Should we just stay home and relax?

To be continued...