How Times Change: Looking for Viskovo via Opatija

It is midday on Sunday.  We are sitting in a train compartment, waiting to depart Rijeka station. The last time we caught a train, from Sarajevo to Mostar, it was a scramble to get on board. This train looks the same - a little old-fashioned and worn - but as the journey commences here, we were …

Couple’s Therapy: Rowing on Plitvice Lakes

Rowing a boat is a bit like marriage. You have to pull together if you want to get anywhere, and you have to recognise and adapt to each other's strengths and weaknesses. You even have to listen to each other, and sometimes you have to accept that one of you knows more about the process …

A Day in Plitvice Lakes

Waddy thinks that Plitvice Lakes is the most pristine and beautiful natural wonder that he has ever seen. I would like to be a smarty pants and say he has not travelled enough, but I have to agree that this is an area of extraordinary natural beauty. The Plitvice Lakes National Park is around three …