World's in Zagreb
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Man, great call, Banger. Would love to check out a World Championship tourney sometime, and this feels like a great choice for one!
Alas, I'll be swinging through Croatia too early--next week, and will miss the wrestling.
I hope you can post a lot while you're there and that we have a dedicated thread to it that includes both wrestling & travel. I think this is a fantastic idea for future travel, can't wait to read your tales!
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This will be my third World Championship, but my first as a retired geezer.
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Sounds like Croatia is popular among the board this year. First @pawrestlersinpa, then you, then Goldbanger + whomever else goes to Worlds, then I'm going in November.
If the Rivals OT Travel thread doesn't get brought back here soon, we may have to start one.
Oh, man. Congrats on Retired Geezer status.
I look forward to living vicariously until my such time arrives.
I'll be in Ireland in September!
[Checks google maps due to not paying attention in junior high school. Although, Croatia probably didn't exist when I was in junior high school!]
Oh gosh, Croatia is nowhere near Ireland.
(couldn't find an Emily Litella version!)
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Needed the laugh this morning. You provided it!
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Wizz Air: Euro discount airline or the subject of Syd's next IG video rant?I'll be in Budapest in September...
October for meI'll be in Budapest in September...
My wife and I will be on a Slovenia/Croatia vacation during the competition. Wrestling is not her thing so we are avoiding Zagreb. Will take a PSC Wrestling cap to wear. She is from Guatemala and enjoys seeing Brazil destroy Mexico in Football/Soccer. A long time ago I took her to the Rose bowl - PSC against Oregon. She liked the Duck hats and Duck sounds. Absolutely no clue what was going on.
More time for banging!
What is the attendance like? I'm sure it's good but never actually looked it up.
Coastal cruise out of Venice: Rovin, Zadar, Hdar, Dubrovnik, Kotor Montenegro, Piran Slovenia
Took this for you today in Venice, Bordeaux.
Nice. I think Zadar and Hvar were my favorite, though we didn't get to Rovin. Dubrovnik is the most popular, but that makes it the most crowded, despite being the largest, and in my opinion, none of that makes it the best.
MrsPA and I took 2100 pics, if that tells you anything about how beautiful it is.
Any suggestions for a couple of days in Budapest-would be appreciatedI'll be in Budapest in September...
Itching for your experiences/recommendations, whenever that travel thread gets reinstated (or we run out of patience and start a new one)!
Wife and I are going in November, tentative plan:
- arrival + 4d Sarajevo
- 1d Mostar
- transfer tour to Kotor including Blagaj dervish monastery, Kravice Falls, Vjetrenica Cave, Tvrdos Monastery, Trebinje
- 1d Kotor incl. speedboat tour + Perast
- 3d Dubrovnik
- 5d Split incl. day trips to Hvar, Trogir, Sibenik (plus maybe Krka National Park)
- depart from Split
The one in Vegas was pretty much packed, but Belgrade Serbia a couple of years ago was maybe half full.
Szimpla Kert (one of the ruins bars) for beverages, Széchenyi Thermal Bath to relax, St Stephen's Basilica for the cultureAny suggestions for a couple of days in Budapest-would be appreciated
Good news: THIS is now the travel thread lol. Thanks, Banger!
Will indeed be good to trade travel tales & recommends, jefe. Jeff to Jeff. Although my trip has mostly been planned for me (I finally stopped resisting the travel plans of my wife & her 82yo mother; I'll still have plenty of time (and more money lol) to take my boys to Australia & New Zealand when mil can no longer travel), we have some cool activities set up.
Despite so much of my travel these days being of the cruising kind, I remain a big fan of the way you roll & how well you research & plan.
How will you be traveling place to place on your trek? Train, car, boat, all 3?
Sarajevo to Mostar: possibly train, most likely bus because the train leaves at 7:15 am and the bus at 9 am. It's about 2 hrs either way.
Mostar to Kotor: transfer tour. No train. Bus is too long, without breaks, and might not have a toilet.
We wanted to do Kotor as a day trip from Dubrovnik, but that's too difficult in the offseason.
Kotor to Dubrovnik: bus.
Dubrovnik to Split: hoping to do 1-way car rental. I've been told the coastal drive is comparable to Pacific Coast Highway. Backup plan is a bus. No boats in the offseason, and no trains exist.
Even local boats are very limited in the offseason. We probably won't visit any islands near Dubrovnik because the boats are 1x daily and thus would require an overnight island stay.
Similarly, Hvar is the only island near Split we can visit without an overnight, and even then only on F-Sat.
Similarly, we want to visit Krka National Park but probably won't. Bus to park entrance is easy. But the boat into the park shuts down in the offseason, and it's a 3-mi hike each way to/from the meat of the park.
We likely won't get north of Sibenik because Split is the only coastal airport with useful offseason flights. Zadar might be too far for a day trip from Split. And we're saving northern Croatia for another trip.
All of this would be easier in October, but that's not when we can go.
Gotcha.Sarajevo to Mostar: possibly train, most likely bus because the train leaves at 7:15 am and the bus at 9 am. It's about 2 hrs either way.
Mostar to Kotor: transfer tour. No train. Bus is too long, without breaks, and might not have a toilet.
We wanted to do Kotor as a day trip from Dubrovnik, but that's too difficult in the offseason.
Kotor to Dubrovnik: bus.
Dubrovnik to Split: hoping to do 1-way car rental. I've been told the coastal drive is comparable to Pacific Coast Highway. Backup plan is a bus. No boats in the offseason, and no trains exist.
Even local boats are very limited in the offseason. We probably won't visit any islands near Dubrovnik because the boats are 1x daily and thus would require an overnight island stay.
Similarly, Hvar is the only island near Split we can visit without an overnight, and even then only on F-Sat.
Similarly, we want to visit Krka National Park but probably won't. Bus to park entrance is easy. But the boat into the park shuts down in the offseason, and it's a 3-mi hike each way to/from the meat of the park.
We likely won't get north of Sibenik because Split is the only coastal airport with useful offseason flights. Zadar might be too far for a day trip from Split. And we're saving northern Croatia for another trip.
All of this would be easier in October, but that's not when we can go.
What do you mean by "transfer tour"?
One-way small tour group.
We're looking at something like this, but in November:
Herzegovina Private Transfer Tour between Mostar and Kotor or Dubrovnik
Conveniently travel between Mostar and Kotor or Dubrovnik while exploring and experiencing the best of Herzegovina region.
funkytours.com