Day 24 — Kotor: Vrmac Trails, Cold Canyons, and Two Ice Cream Shops
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Route: Kotor → Vrmac Peninsula → Bay of Kotor coastal drive → Skurda Canyon → Kotor Old Town Kotor looked harmless at breakfast. That was the…
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Day 23 — Snowdrifts, Farm Breakfast, Pilgrims, Bricks, Pasta, and Ice Cream
Monday, May 11, 2026 Route: Žabljak area → mountain pass attempt → organic farm breakfast → Ostrog Monastery → Kotor, Montenegro The day began with unfinished business. The mountain pass…
Day 22 — Montenegro: 56 Tunnels, Snow in May, and the Lake We Actually Visited
Sunday, May 10, 2026 Route: Mostar → Sutjeska/Tjentište → Montenegro → Piva Canyon → Žabljak area I chose the scenic route. This is important, because several hours later that sentence…
Day 21 — Trogir, Salona, and Mostar: A Fortress, Ten Minutes of Rome, and Dinner in Bosnia
Saturday, May 9, 2026 Route: Sedra area → Trogir → Salona → Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina This was the kind of day that looked reasonable on a map. Maps are…
Day 20 — Plitvice Lakes: Ten Kilometers of Waterfalls and One Crowded Tram
Friday, May 8, 2026 Route: Sedra Holiday Resort → Plitvice Lakes National Park → Sedra Holiday Resort Plitvice Lakes National Park is what happens when Croatia decides subtlety is unnecessary.…
Day 19 — The Road Trip Begins: Ljubljana, Parking Tickets, and Pool Played Badly
Thursday, May 7, 2026 Route: Salzburg, Austria → Ljubljana, Slovenia → Sedra Holiday Resort, Croatia The road trip began with optimism, which is always dangerous. Daniel and I were leaving…
Day 18 — Borrowed Cars, Munich Reunions, and a German Barbecue Seven Years in the Making
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Wednesday, May 6, 2026, was one of those travel days that was not really about famous monuments, ticketed attractions, or big dramatic landscapes. It was about…
Day 17 — Trick Fountains, Picnic Lunch, and Sliding Into the Berchtesgaden Salt Mines
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 After the cliff-climbing, lake-floating, mountain-gazing adventure of the day before, we decided that Tuesday, May 5, 2026, should begin slowly. Not “we’re exhausted and cannot move”…
Day 16 — Berchtesgaden, Via Ferrata Cliffs, Königssee Waters, and the Eagle’s Nest Above the Mountains
Monday, May 4, 2026 On Monday, May 4, 2026, we had a relaxing morning in Salzburg. After the train adventure the day before, nobody needed an aggressive start. Around noon,…
Day 15 — Leaving the Avalon Passion, Train Confusion, Salzburg Friends, and The Sound of Music Streets
Sunday, May 3, 2026 On Sunday, May 3, 2026, we woke up in Vilshofen, Germany, and this was the morning we left the Avalon Passion. After a week of letting…