Jacqui-S
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- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Hey, Señor, your ML is very brave. Tell her next time to have a hot drink first, and wait a little for her hot shower, she will feel better 
Go Emily!
Go Emily!
The Labraventures of Carbón, Spanish (ex-) foster dog extraordinaire
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Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Honestly @Jacqui-S , I think I had an out of body experience. I don’t even remember swimming, just jumping in! I did feel very refreshed…just amnesiac.Hey, Señor, your ML is very brave. Tell her next time to have a hot drink first, and wait a little for her hot shower, she will feel better
Go Emily!
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Hola amigos, we arrived today in Zadar. It was supposed o be a 4 hour drive, but was six due to road works. I do not mind as I just snoooooooze.
Our leeeetle apartment is tiny but has everything we need. No pool like the last place, but a guapo view of the water.
Also the owner has a dog and we played when we arrived. Claro, I was not REALLY interested in playing, so instead I ran away and into the kitchen of the lady who lives on the ground floor. It was a leeetle embarrassing as she screamed and ML started apologizing, and then jumped on me and dragged me away. Pfft! The indignity!
Plus I did not even get to check the countertops for food before ML got to me. Que lastima!
Our leeeetle apartment is tiny but has everything we need. No pool like the last place, but a guapo view of the water.
Also the owner has a dog and we played when we arrived. Claro, I was not REALLY interested in playing, so instead I ran away and into the kitchen of the lady who lives on the ground floor. It was a leeetle embarrassing as she screamed and ML started apologizing, and then jumped on me and dragged me away. Pfft! The indignity!
Plus I did not even get to check the countertops for food before ML got to me. Que lastima!
Lisa
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- Location
- Alberta, Canada
Beautiful! Those cobblestones look so clean and shiny!!
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Today we went to the big(ish) city of Zadar and meet ML’s Croatian teacher. Ojala! Plus old town Zadar reminded me un poco of Cádiz in my Spanish homeland. Que divertido, no?
Here I am with Tomislav, our teacher. In the end, ML did not learn much Croatian, but Tomislav has helped us mucho with trip planning and better understanding Croatian culture.
At the Roman Forum in Zadar
More shiny streets!
And as an added bonus, ML and I remembered where the car was parked and therefore made it back to our seaside nest. Last night here, tomorrow is Šibenik. You have never heard of Šibenik? Me neither - just go with it!
Our last sunset walk on our beach south of Zadar.
Here I am with Tomislav, our teacher. In the end, ML did not learn much Croatian, but Tomislav has helped us mucho with trip planning and better understanding Croatian culture.
At the Roman Forum in Zadar
More shiny streets!
And as an added bonus, ML and I remembered where the car was parked and therefore made it back to our seaside nest. Last night here, tomorrow is Šibenik. You have never heard of Šibenik? Me neither - just go with it!
Our last sunset walk on our beach south of Zadar.
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
They are super shiny! And slippery! A lot of the older German tourists use their alpine walking sticks to try not to slip and fall over.
But the paving stones are very pretty to look at, if not terribly practical. 
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Wow!
Really interesting Emily.
Really interesting Emily.
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
Thank you for sharing , it all looks so lovely , hope you are enjoying it all both of you xxx
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
What wonderful travels you have, have you always have had wanderlust? I thought the streets were shiny because they had just been washed! Are they shiny because of stone used, or worn down over the centuries?
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Until high school (13 years old), I’d never even met someone who’d been out of the US. Or rather I’d met a lot of people who came to the US from somewhere else, but no one who was born in the US who had visited another country. Then my social studies teacher - who looked like a Mexican-American Tom Selleck, swoon
- spent every Friday for a month showing us his photos from his European honeymoon. Blame Mr Rodriguez because from then on, I wanted to come here and see it all myself!Also it is just purely addictive to travel: every new place is a chance to be a new, different, or maybe even better me. And around every corner may be the most beautiful or weird or funny thing I’ve ever seen. I also like the challenge of doing things I’m not comfortable with - like driving into a strange city - and feeling like I conquered my fears in a small way.
Like I said…addictive.
Re: the pavement, it’s a particular kind of stone. It’s not wet in my photos, it’s just very slippy and reflective. Your shoes squeak walking in it! Dry it’s fine, but wet is kind of like walking on a skating rink.
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Amiiiigos! We are oh so very cansados, tired, so the big photos have to wait because I am already in bed.
Pues, let me just say that Šibenik is officially The Most Beautiful City You’ve Never Heard Of. Que guapa esta ciudad! We walked and walked and walked and climbed so many stairs!
Chilling on the sea front
Woo hoo, look at that red!
Looking guapo, I must admit.
scenery without a Señor is a leeeetle sad, no?
ahhh, that is better!
Then we drove an hour south to our new digs. Que guay de verdad! We have two balconies and a sea view and a comfy sofa! And ML says it’s still below our normal accommodation budget - as a dog, I do not really know what that means, but I will just say “Hvala vam puno, thank you Croatia”!
Buenas noches, this distinguished Spanish gentleman needs his rest. And so do Monkey and Ellie, who are along on our Croatian adventure.
Pues, let me just say that Šibenik is officially The Most Beautiful City You’ve Never Heard Of. Que guapa esta ciudad! We walked and walked and walked and climbed so many stairs!
Chilling on the sea front
Woo hoo, look at that red!
Looking guapo, I must admit.
scenery without a Señor is a leeeetle sad, no?
ahhh, that is better!
Then we drove an hour south to our new digs. Que guay de verdad! We have two balconies and a sea view and a comfy sofa! And ML says it’s still below our normal accommodation budget - as a dog, I do not really know what that means, but I will just say “Hvala vam puno, thank you Croatia”!
Buenas noches, this distinguished Spanish gentleman needs his rest. And so do Monkey and Ellie, who are along on our Croatian adventure.
Boogie
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- Location
- Manchester UK
I'm loving going vicariously on this trip!
Amazing photos.
Amazing photos.
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Croatia is very, very on the tourism route, but October is late shoulder season so it is much quieter. I think it’s also more of a holiday destination for Europeans (mainly Germans, Austrians and Italians) vs worldwide - though Carbón and I have run into some big Chinese tour groups including yesterday in Šibenik.Wow, that view is incredible! And it’s so reassuring to know there are other beautiful places other than what we know on the typical tourist routes—which have become unbearably busy. (As I was trying to type “become”, “Venice” appeared!)
The only place I expect to be still crowded this time of year is Dubrovnik, where we are going on Monday for three nights. It was already well-known, but Game of Thrones (aka filming location of King’s Landing) pushed it into the tourism stratosphere. I’ve got a tiny guesthouse booked (with parking
) in the new part of town so we can walk into the old town at off-peak times.But agreed - nothing is quite as high on the tourism scale as poor Venice - and I’m part of the problem so I can’t moan about it! These days I hardly ever go to the most popular spots (ie St Mark’s and Rialto) unless it’s before 8am or after 8pm. And I like to stay near the park or university which are off the main routes and easy to get lost in - so less day trippers. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Pfft! She keeps hijacking MY thread, chatty ML! As promised, here are more photos of hermosa Šibenik. Today we are taking it easy in the morning and then walking to Trogir. We are on an island now, but there is a leeeetle bridge you can walk across to the mainland to visit Trogir. They say it is a Tourist Trap, but I do not care one bit. Tourist often drop food, which I then rescue, so I LOVE tourists.
Today is also our first day in Croatia without sun. I am in poco relieved as all that bright sun was burning my poor leeeetle canine retinas. Maybe I have spent too long in Germany and Cornbeefwall where the sun is not so aggressive!
Vale, here we go!
Which pose is better? I cannot decide, so you get two:
Just a guapo Señor touristing his leeetle heart out:
Boring scenery, pfft!
A leeetle black dog exploring!
Today is also our first day in Croatia without sun. I am in poco relieved as all that bright sun was burning my poor leeeetle canine retinas. Maybe I have spent too long in Germany and Cornbeefwall where the sun is not so aggressive!
Vale, here we go!
Which pose is better? I cannot decide, so you get two:
Just a guapo Señor touristing his leeetle heart out:
Boring scenery, pfft!
A leeetle black dog exploring!
- Location
- Welsh borders, near Chepstow
Great photos, I am enjoying your trip and looking forward to the next photos.
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
@Emily_Babbelhund, what an adventurous life you live, really living and not wasting a moment. Also brave! I do admire you, fortunately I get to 'visit' second hand which is great, thanks to youUntil high school (13 years old), I’d never even met someone who’d been out of the US. Or rather I’d met a lot of people who came to the US from somewhere else, but no one who was born in the US who had visited another country. Then my social studies teacher - who looked like a Mexican-American Tom Selleck, swoon
Also it is just purely addictive to travel: every new place is a chance to be a new, different, or maybe even better me. And around every corner may be the most beautiful or weird or funny thing I’ve ever seen. I also like the challenge of doing things I’m not comfortable with - like driving into a strange city - and feeling like I conquered my fears in a small way.
Like I said…addictive.
Re: the pavement, it’s a particular kind of stone. It’s not wet in my photos, it’s just very slippy and reflective. Your shoes squeak walking in it! Dry it’s fine, but wet is kind of like walking on a skating rink.
