Night location: ZagrebAV and DV After a short but turbulent flight from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, we caught a taxi with a lovely driver into the centre of the city to our beautiful Art Deco hotel built in 1925 to accommodate passengers travelling on the Orient Express. While waiting for the room to be ready Amber read one of the two travel guides for Zagreb provided by our taxi driver at no extra charge. With a bit more of an appreciation for what we were about to se...

Night location: Dubrovnik (AV and DV) Three countries, 6 border control checkpoints and 4 new stamps in our passports! A massive day exploring a part of the world that is entirely new for us. We had a fairly auspicious start as while picking up our hire car a man who may have been a customer at 'Bingo Rental' proceeded to scrape their car up against both side panels of a parked vehicle, and then almost reversed over their somewhat distraught female passenger. Fo...

Night location: Dubrovnik (AV and DV) A glorious morning in Dubrovnik! After breakfast we all visited the St Saviour Church followed by the Franciscan Monastery Cloister. The cloister was filled with beautiful morning light and was a lovely place to sit and reflect. Attached to the cloister was a small museum that held religious items, ancient music books and archaic medical equipment. Inside was also more evidence of the war. Apparently the Serbians particularl...

Night location: Dubrovnik After only one night in Rome we said "Arrivederci" to Italy and "Dobar Dan" to Croatia. Arriving in Dubrovnik by way of the airport bus was truly spectacular. The road hugged the cliff and the elevation meant that we had stunning views down the cliffs to the sea and across to the high-walled Old Town of Dubrovnik. With the exception of Gareth, this is an entirely new part of the world for us to explore. After dropping our bags into our...

Night location: Rome Another transit day today, this time from Capri to Rome. After an Italian breakfast in a cafe overlooking the sea and a cliff hung road winding up to Anacapri, we began the journey which consisted of a funicular, a ferry, a taxi, a fast train, and another taxi! Our hotel is located in a small street that runs behind Piazza Navona which is a fantastic location. When booking the hotel Amber was unable to book three of the same type of rooms...