So, I'm pretty behind in updating the blog about where I've been and what I've been up to. I'm going to surmise that this has everything to do with having too much fun. There's definitely been plenty of that since the last few entries. I've also just tried to update random things I want to remember later, more in real-time as opposed to holding everything back for a long summary post. Either way, I like to keep at least one post that has the highlights of every stop on the trip. Without further ado, here is the one about Croatia: Croatia was the first place I had zero plans of visiting at the outset of the trip that I ended up visiting. That has mostly to do with the Indian Visa Problems I'd managed to get into and a decent level of discomfort with being without my passport in Israel for a month. That along with hanging out with two of my favorite people in the world (Sarah and Litsy) lead me to Zagreb. I spent about two weeks in Croatia and it was a pretty rejuvenating time, I had the luxuries of being home (well, Sarah's home) and basically ate pastry, drank wine, saw a tiny amount of the coast and sipped a ton of lattes in Zagreb. Pretty excellent if a little waist-expanding.

My Highlights:

Hanging out with Sarah and Litsy in Zagreb.
Definitely spending time with Sarah in her home for the first time in eight years or so. IT's like we're officially friends again now that I've dined at her place. And crashed there for a couple of weeks!
Hiking around Plitvice Lakes National Park - pretty much the most stunning park I've ever been to.
Cafe Culture in Zagreb - Loved sipping lattes and getting made fun of for ordering huge,milky, half-caffeinated coffees all over town. I think my favorite place was Diva's (supplies!) or Kim's.
Making the best of some terrible weather along the coast in Rovinj and Rijeka - The weather was cold and rainy, but I managed to drink enough wine, make enough cured meat sandwiches and eat enough pastry to have fun out there in Istra with Lits.

The Croatia Photo Stream:

This is the boat we never got to ride that tour's the Fjord near Rovinj in Istra.

My favorite Bathroom sign of the trip thus far

Zagraeb involved a lot of lattes, here is one of my fave's from Diva Cafe (where they were very amused by my coffee order)

Chilling at Sarah's with Monty and Klio

Random Zagreb street art

This was on the wall at a really cool dive bar we went to one of our last nights in Zagreb, I couldn't tell what the dude what doing and if this head was attached to a sewing machine or if he was carrying it.