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Croatia: Zadar and Plitvice National Park

Plitvice Lakes National Park

After the past several days in the islands, we were back on mainland Croatia.  Zadar is a city that we really hadn’t heard much about prior to our visit there.  To be honest our decision to go there was based only on 2 factors:  the amazing and unbelievable Plitvice National Park which I’ll talk about […]

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Croatia: The Islands

Hvar Island

Getting There Transit throughout Croatia is not the quickest.  There aren’t trains connecting the large cities yet, and while the Dalmatian coast is spotted with large islands, the ferries only go certain days a week to specific islands.  Even once you make it onto an island you need to time out your travel in advance […]

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Croatia: Dubrovnik- The Old Town

Dubrovnik Croatia

After another awesome time in Italy, we were off to a country that neither Marissa or I had ever been, Croatia.  We had heard great things about it from other travelers and looked at photos online that took your breath away.  We were excited about the amazing blue waters and well preserved walled city that […]

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Italy: Rome

Rome

Ahh Rome, The Eternal City! It was good to be back!  Josh and I had both been to Rome before when we backpacked with our friends years back, but never together.  For me, Rome was one of the first spots I travelled post study abroad in college, and I had fallen in love with it […]

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Italy: The Isle of Capri

Swimming at the rocky beach in Capri

Day trip to Capri Town When leaving the Amalfi Coast, we decided to take a day trip to the Island of Capri before heading to Rome. I had heard it was absolutely breathtaking and have wanted to see it since my last backpacking trip, so I was pretty excited to finally make it there. Josh […]

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Italy: Amalfi Coast

Amalfi Coast

When doing research about places to go in Italy, we came across some breathtaking photos of small fishing villages with colorful housing that was hanging over the edge of cliffs overlooking crystal clear blue water.  We were sold that we had to check it out for ourselves.  The Amalfi coast is made up of the […]

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Italy: Naples and Pompeii

Mt Vesuvius

Naples After our quick rendezvous with London we decided to go south where it was still beach season- to the land of sunshine, beaches, pasta, and gelato- Italia. Ahhh Italia! We love Italy – with out a doubt one of our favorite countries.  I would go so far as to say it is in my […]

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First Stop: London

London Town

After months of planning ‘the trip’ and hours upon hours of staying up late to talk about it even when we should have been getting some sleep for the next day of work,we were finally gone! It was liberating to be rid of the long hours of work and we were ready to finally head […]