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May 14, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 14: Osijek - urban exploring - part…

No idea whether they have become vacant as a result of the civil war or whether it is a never-finished construction project, but the fact that, rather…

by bjornroose

May 14, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 14: Osijek - urban exploring - part…

So on August 14 I work on this diary, I organize the photos I already have in folders, and we enjoy the rain from under our covered terrace, where thanks to the…

by bjornroose

May 13, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 14: Osijek - urban exploring - part…

And then… it rained and it kept raining. After the tremendous heat of the last two days, that did not hurt at all, but it is not an ideal day to finish the last…

by bjornroose

May 04, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Batina - Kopački Rit - part 2

But you actually have to take the motorboat or a kayak across the lake - and for renting a boat we arrived to late in the evening, while we didn’t bring our…

by bjornroose

May 04, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Batina - Kopački Rit - part 1

The latter, being very docile, is not something for nature in this region. And elsewhere undoubtedly, but as an “experienced” photographer you only learn one…

by bjornroose

May 03, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Topolje - Batina - part 2

In neighboring Hungary you have to search for things like that with a flashlight (except in Memento Park, near Budapest, where a number of those monuments are…

by bjornroose

May 02, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Kneževo - Topolje

But we were on our way to Topolje (I mixed this post up with the former one: in case you were following the diary, you actually have to read this one before…

by bjornroose

May 02, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Topolje - Batina - part 1

What also remains invisible is "a high monument of white stone with a female figure in bronze" that is "on one of the hills near Topolje", according to our…

by bjornroose

May 01, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Karanac - Kneževo - part 2

But of course the curiosity too. So we take the car to the next fork and head towards Kneževo, because that is what the village appears to be called. We turn in…

by bjornroose

May 01, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Karanac - Kneževo - part 1

Sometimes you have the impression that the villages described in tourist guides are not the villages you end up in. But sometimes you also end up in very…

by bjornroose

April 30, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Darda - Karanac

Next stop: Karanac. Or better: ethno village Karanac. On the website of the Croatian tourist office I read that in recent years the "ethno village Karanac (...)…

by bjornroose

April 29, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Osijek - Darda

And we continue to Darda. From that fortified city or large fortress an 8-kilometer footbridge once ran through the marshes to Osijek. Depending on the source…

by bjornroose

April 29, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Osijek - part 5

Ante Starcevic may have thought so too. This "father of Croatia", politician and writer, founder of the Rights Party in 1861 and already a notorious opponent of…

by bjornroose

April 28, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Osijek - part 4

In the upper town we then automatically arrive at the Peter and Paul Church. Because of its dimensions (90 meters high) it is often called "the cathedral", but…

by bjornroose

April 28, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Osijek - part 3

Along the very beautiful Europska Avenija – one does not bite the hand … right? - with lots of buildings that, as far as we can see, mainly date from the…

by bjornroose

April 27, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Osijek - part 2

While my girlfriend hangs around the entrance of the citadel after the walk along the river Drava, I walk via a fenced staircase to the top of the walls. Not…

by bjornroose

April 27, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Osijek - part 1

Our last day of traveling in Croatia - from tomorrow on we cross the border with Hungary - we start in the city where we are staying: Osijek. Our tourist guide…

by bjornroose

April 26, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 10: Novi Mikanovci - Ernestinovo

I chose our last stop of the day, Ernestinovo, because of its artistic character. “For many years, well-known sculptors have presented their work annually at a…

by bjornroose

April 25, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 10: Ilok - Novi Mikanovci

In Vinkovci we look for the 12th century church, according to our tourist guide one of the oldest monuments in Slavonia, but we do not find it (unless that…

by bjornroose

April 24, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 10: Šarengrad - Ilok - part 2

The church and monastery dedicated to Saint Ivan Kapistran, a Franciscan monk who united Christians against the Turks and died here in 1456, was joined by a…

by bjornroose

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