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Okay... how could I not be excited about Croatia when so many of my most-admired Slow Travelers are raving about it! (Wonderful photo, by the way, Jane.) Maybe we should just scrap the plan to spend a few weeks in Tuscany and stay longer in Croatia. Seriously... I've had a major attitude adjustment. This will be a fun project to work on over the holidays. Kathy

quote: Originally posted by Shannon: Wow, that photo is incredible! Did you guys find it hard to find places that have wifi? We didn't. We had it in Zagreb, Trogir and Dubrovnik. We didn't have it our apt. in Hvar but there were plenty of internet places available. I just went to one of those places and connected with my computer.

we have not been to Turkey so I can't offer any advice, but I wanted to mention that I watched Rudy Maxa's show (a 2008 rerun) about the Turquoise Coast yesterday and was mesmorized by the scenery and the ruins. It was one of his best shows, I thought. He focuses on a gullet cruise, a "blue cruise." Watch it if you can. It sure got me interested in seriously pursuing a trip to Turkey. Linda

Wow! Even more resources to explore. Thanks, Chiocciola for the link to your blog and David's trip report. Somehow I overlooked those. Planning for me is at least half the fun, and thanks to you all for providing me so much material to explore. Jeanne

Kathy, I love Tuscany, but I do think that if you decide to go to Croatia, you should plan to spend at least a couple of weeks there, and longer if possible -- we spent 4 weeks and loved every place we went. We started inland in Zagreb, and I'm glad we did -- as Jane says, the non-coastal areas have a different feeling than the Dalmatian coast, which was so influenced by Venice over the course of several hundred years. In addition to...

Yes, every town has internet cafes, and extremely reasonably priced, too. None of our rentals had wifi, though. I highly recommend Plitivice Park also - gorgeous. Zagreb has a very old world, Eastern European feeling to it, and the night time scene was hopping.

The problem with lists like this is that we all have different perspectives. We enjoyed the gorge and just blew off the vendors. After our "walk" we visited one of the restaurant at river level at the entrance and enjoyed that as well. Good luck with you planning.

We did not have any problems with the language barrier. We found that like the other countries we have visited, most of the people we interacted with spoke at least some English. France seemed to have the fewest English speakers, but even there with our few basic words, we did fine. The Ice Man was really amazing. And Bolzano was such a interesting mix of languages and cultures. I would like to go back for more than just a day trip.

Public transportation in Prague is great! The three Metro lines are easy to navigate and trolleys are lots of fun. You can buy passes for as little as 20 minutes of travel, up to several days, then just validate the ticket once and be ready to show it in spot checks after that. If you like architecture, just walking the central areas on both sides of the river is such a treat.

Thanks Dennis, this website gives me all the information I need! Great advise.