Old Dubrovnik was choked with tourists on the day day we visited. However, it was fun to drink from the city fountains. We also came across some locations we recognized from King's Landing in Game of Thrones. And like many of the other tourists who visit, we took advantage of some great seafood, wine, and even found some good craft beer.
The Fakin IPA was probably our favorite. Not only delicious, but features hipster chickens on the label.
We spent most of our time in Croatia camping on the islands of Mljet and Korcula. Both places offered beautiful beaches, and lots of opportunity to explore villages which seemed to be tucked it to just about every flat coastal area on what were otherwise very hilly islands. Just about any road would lead to an enclave of a few old stone homes with vegetable gardens and a nearby church. Some had their own olive orchards and wine grapes. Others offered rooms for rent or had simple restaurants serving local seafood.
Hilltop church overlooking the village of Korita |
Wild boar crossing and a day spent exploring little islands near Lumbarda on Korcula island.
We did spend a few days inland in Croatia and found it to be equally pleasant as the archipelago areas. This was the sunset we encountered driving towards Plitvice National Park. |
Wine is an essential component life in Croatia. Most of the reds produced come from the same type of grape but take on different characteristics depending on where they are grown. Dingac a very full, dry, and somewhat affordable variety from the rocky, nutrient poor, coastal areas was our favorite wine not only in Croatia but, compares favorably to wines we like most from the States and South America.
In an effort to save some money we mostly prepared our own food and did not get full experience of the local cuisine. Inland the food seemed to be largely limited to simple meat and vegetable dishes and pastas. Truffles are common in some areas and we did opt to spend some money one day on some amazing black truffle spread.
In the coastal areas it was hard to go wrong with fresh local seafood prepared simply with a slice of lemon and a generous amount of olive oil.
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