"This astonishing journey had definitely been an eye opener for me in a lot of different ways. =P "
Once we hopped off the ferry, we were immediately greeted by the breathtaking morning view of Dubrovnik! We learnt that it was the filming location of Game of Thrones but too bad I didn't watch the hit Tv series.
After putting our luggage in the hotel, we took a guided walk around the city and even visited its market that sold unique local snacks, sea salt, lavender products and lots of other stuff. It rained heavily in the afternoon so we decided to have coffee and cake in a restaurant to get some shelter from the downpour. After that, we took a funicular up the hill to enjoy the bird's eye view of the walled-city from the top and ended the beautiful day by having dinner in a fancy restaurant located up there. =)
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| The morning view of the city of Dubrovnik from far away. |
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| The addicting local snacks sold in the market. |
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| Simply spectacular!! |
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| The stunning evening view before we had our dinner. |
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| Squids!! |
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| Our scrumptious dinner. =P |
The next day, we had a quick stop by Mostar, Bosnia. The city looked a lot different than the others that we had been to in the past few days but still offered one of the most fantastic views. We even had the chance to try out the delicious Turkish coffee and the traditional meat dishes. We didn't quite know the right way to drink the coffee so we asked the waitress to show us the correct steps to do it and it was certainly a cute new experience!
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| The Turkish coffee!! |
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| The sausage-like meat dish. |
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| A small town with a completely different vibe. =) |
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| Its famous bridge!! |
The following destination was definitely one of the highlights of the entire tour - Plitvice Lakes National Park. Although it was raining for the whole day, I still felt so close to nature and it was indeed a great feeling. Astounding cascading waterfalls would come into view every now and then and the water was cool and crystal clear that at certain places far away from the waterfalls, fishes could be seen darting to and fro at the slightest disturbance.
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| The transparent lake water. |
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| The surreal view from the top. =) |
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| The fishes. =P |
At night, we came to the dragon city - Ljubljana and I spent a great night in this small exquisite city. In fact, I would rate it as the best night of the entire tour. Pleasant crowd, great music, right weather and a small glass of beer made it the perfect night of all nights. As far as I was concerned, this city itself was way more romantic than Paris!
It made me realise that I didn't need no nothing to fully savour the moment that felt so much like an eternity. Sometimes, we were just too caught up with capturing photos, buying souvenirs or writing postcards that we forgot to take a step backward to give ourselves some space and time to utterly embrace the right feeling and that was one of the most important lessons that I had learnt from this trip.
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| At the Dragon Bridge. |
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| Any time was ice cream time!! |
Venice, Austria and Budapest were our up-coming destinations. As promised, we returned to Italy again and it was way too hot to be able to walk around comfortably but we still had the experience of a lifetime by going on a nice gondola ride. As for Austria, we spent a quick afternoon in Graz and the night in Vienna and we had no idea that we could watch live opera from a Tv screen outside the opera theatre. And lastly for Budapest, its splendid night view would be remembered for a long, long time to come for sure. =)
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| The gondolas. =) |
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| The view from the bridge. |
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| Our gondola ride!! |
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| A significant story behind this monument. |
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| Budapest's Parliament building. |
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| At Heroes Square. |
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| The must-try cake in Budapest. =) |
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| Taken before the sunset. |
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| Going to get our dinner soon! |
Even though I would not stop whining throughout the trip especially on long hours of mundane bus ride, I knew deep down that I would be eternally grateful and incredibly proud to say that I had the right company to be able to admire all the beautiful views together. =)
Anaconda - Nicki Minaj
