The Great Balkans Adventure of 2017: Prologue and photos

We did it! We pulled off the Great Balkans Adventure of 2017!

Five countries, five people (for a week; then three for the next week), four currencies, and one very involved spreadsheet to guide our journey through numerous walled cities, mountains, seashores, lakes, and caves.

We flew into Tirana; took a bus to Kotor and another to Dubrovnik; hired a driver to take us to Orebic, from which we ferried to Korcula; from which we ferried to Split; from which two of us (not me) ferried to Italy and the other three (including me) drove drove to Sarajevo by way of Mostar; from Sarajevo, we (though I did not partake in the driving) drove to Zadar and then to Plitvice; and from there to Bled by way of Postojna; from there, to Zagreb by way of Ljubljana; and from Zagreb we flew to our respective homes. This map mostly captures it but not quite (we exceeded the number of stops Google Maps allows for).

For now, I'll leave you with a photo or two from each place, starting with Tirana.

Inside the bunker

The Pyramida at night

and onto Kotor

to Dubrovnik

 To Korcula (via Ston) and Split

 Then Bosnia

 and a quick stop in Zadar

on the way to Plitvice

and a quick stop in Postojna

on the way to Bled.

We popped into Ljubljana and Novo Mesto (I'll spare you the photos) on the way to Zagreb.

Details and pictures in the following post!