Highlights - Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia

We are having such an incredible time in Italy and our schedule here is so jam-packed that we don't have a lot of time for this post so we thought we'd keep it short and sweet by sharing our top 10 highlights from our time in Croatia.

Let's go with Dave Letterman style -countdown from 10 to 1

Highlight number 10

Picking and stuffing our faces with wild berries in the Croatian bush on the island of Hvar













Highlight number 9

Visiting a little village built 600 years ago to enjoy an dish of baked lamb and potatoes prepared as it would have been done centuries ago in a ceramic container called a 'Peka'.




Highlight number 8

Our day trip to Montenegro. Turns out that this tiny little country (48,000  sq/km) is Europe's equivalent of Colombia. It is run by the head of the illegal cigarette trade and their primary industries are black-market cars that gave been stolen from England and drugs.

This little haven does not allow extradition to other countries and as the last Thai Priminister found out, you can buy Montenegran citizenship for $500k. In saying all this, it's still a stunning country, with some cute little old towns and a great place to see the Russian maffia enjoying their holidays.







Highlight number 7

Swimming in some of the clearest sea water the Mediterranean has to offer.












Highlight number 6

Breakfast in Bosnia on the way up the Croatian coast..purely for it's randomness factor.







Highlight number 5


Walking along the ramparts of the old town of Dubrovnik where we could really appreciate the magnitude of this fortified town.











Highlight number 4

Upon walking around the edge of the old city, we discovered a small hole in the city walls that lead out to a  bar and swimming platform called Buza. This provided the perfect opportunity to cool off in the crystal clear waters and Rich joined the locals in some rock diving.










Highlight number 3

Our local host Stejpo drove us up to the highest look out point in Dubrovnik one evening to enjoy the sunset. In addition to beautiful view, he also shared with us some stories and photos of his experience during the war of the early 90's.



Highlight number 2

Exploring the old town of Dubrovnik and learning all about it's checkered history.












And drum roll.............




Highlight number 1

Watching the sunset and enjoying several cocktails at the Hula Hula Bar on the island of Hvar.






This bar is pitched on the rocks near a popular swimming platform and kicks off at 5pm with a DJ until the sun sets at 9pm.


It would be remiss of us to exclude any mention of the TERRIBLE food in Croatia. Some of our meals were even inedible. It appears that instead of taking culinary inspiration from their neighbors Italy and Greece, they have instead chosen to look to communist era USSR.

But all in all, a gorgeous country with a fascinating history and we would recommend it to anyone who hasn't been!

Will write again when we arrive in France.

Rich and Simone xxxxx