I’m back to the blog after a long hiatus! Not only due to COVID, but also due to general laziness. However, now that travel is a possibility again, it felt like the right time to start recording my adventures again!
Note that, again, due to general laziness, I am getting around to posting my final posts about a year after my trip. Better late than never, as they say….
I decided to take my first international trip in 1.5 years was to Croatia. A lot of people have asked why I decided to go to Croatia, and the reason isn’t really very well thought out. Since Google had us working from home for most of the year, I took advantage of the opportunity to work from NYC for two months. I thought that, while I was on the East Coast, it could be fun to go to Europe since it’s a much shorter journey vs. making the trip from SF. I initially had Italy on my mind, but in researching some itineraries, I came across one that started in Venice and then went through Croatia; what I was reading about what there was to do in Croatia really appealed to me! Conveniently, airlines began flying directly to Dubrovnik from NYC on July 1, so that made the decision even easier.
Overall, I spent 11 nights in Croatia (click for links to those posts!):
2 nights in Dubrovnik
2 nights in Korcula
3 nights in Hvar
2 nights in Split
Visit to Krka National Park, overnight near Plivitce Lakes
Visit to Plivitce Lakes
1 night in Zagreb
Flew back to SF from Zagreb, with an 18 hour layover in Lisbon.
Overall I felt it was the right amount of time in the right spots; if I were to do it again, I’d actually probably reverse the order, working my way from Zagreb to Dubrovnik, to end the island portion on the more chill/relaxed Korcula. But with flights as they were, this was a better option for me! I loved my trip to Croatia, the people are among the friendliest I’ve ever encountered (and spoke very good English), the food was amazing, the vistas breathtaking, and I got to spend time on the sea, ancient towns, and in some beautiful national parks.