If you could chart a course to discover true Mediterranean warm where would you point your ship towards dubrovnik the pearl of the Adriatic as we walked we every place we went we turned, and saw a different thing or just follow in the cultural footsteps of the rich folklore the Dalmatian coast reflects a heritage of fractured kingdoms Greece Romans the Venetian Republic, and in modern times you go slop my name is Lucci.
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I am the trip leader on the program hidden gems on the donation coast, and Greece. I grew up on one of the islands that we are visiting during this trip. This is the island of Korcula which is a typical Mediterranean place typical Mediterranean temperance style of life, and the Mediterranean style of life is being very much outside.
Because the climate were blessed with the climate. So we can stay outside most of the time of the year maybe months. So we really literally live on the street and I don’t mean in the negative sense but the fact that one street can be like a big courtyard where everybody meets from the houses, and then we prepare food together we sing together we dance together it was a very busy growing, and nice lifestyle.
This is the way how. I grew up, it’s very nice we all feel like one big family the village name grow matcha means dry stone wall one built without mortar local residents have enclosed crops, and animals with these walls for over, years it was delightful to be able to meet this family meet grandma grandpa father very fresh trees outside liquid ride cheese on the fresh air, and the right cheese we put in olive oil and This is special for this area for the media the owls were grown on the farm the cheese was grown on the farm with the cows, and the pigs everything was done here it within the home area an intimate meal allows appreciation of an extraordinary family derived cheese olives, and cheesy knowledge tells them a lot about the way. How people live. How people are in this area their style of life their everyday life the lire Itza is a three stringed instrument in Croatia played to accompany the traditional Lindo folk dance Dubrovnik’s thousand-year history is on display everywhere in the city a unesco world heritage site since it is both a museum, and a stage where cultural heritage meets contemporary life see this true Luke has been very helpful this morning he’s pointed out the important historical events that have taken place here he’s been wonderful, and he’s English is great the brahmic old town is the best preserved medieval town in europe that stayed the same as it was four hundred years ago, and that makes it very special dubrovnik’s mighty wall provided protection from the ottoman turks five centuries ago during the war of independence the Yugoslav army shelled the city damaging two-thirds of its buildings brighter newer tiles mark the houses they were hit, and the roofs rebuilt when we think about history in the u. s. we think years is very very old, and then we get to Europe, and find years is nothing compared to what they have looked at, and the buildings that are still here.
So many years later, and just the magnitude of what has been here for such a long long time then if you turn left, and turn right you find that you find a mosque raise it be a house where years ago mosque was moved, and when you go into the side streets on the other end of the Main Street you find a house where years ago synagogue was moved still active Yugoslavia means land or Union of South Slavic people’s ethnic differences are subtle defined by religion Catholics are called Croats Orthodox Christians Serbs Muslims are called Bosniaks. We’ve met a lot of local people that. We’ve been able to talk with, and people here have been then Croatia have been very very friendly, it’s just beautiful, and it’s in March, and back home in Vermont we would be having snow, and about ready to enter mud season so.
I’m very happy to be here. We’ve had a very good time with the crews, and such we’re about halfway through, and we’re looking forward to the many more they like every place where we go and I really enjoy coming into these places a course along the Dalmatian coast, and Greece offers experiences of a rich, and ancient you could have read it in a book it wouldn’t have meant the same. I’ve been very very impressed.
I wish. I could offer back to the people of Croatia as much as they’ve given me from your hometown. You’ll set out on a journey of discovery following a stay in Zagreb.
You’ll board our private small ship for a stunning voyage along Croatia’s Dalmatian coast beginning in Romans split we wend our way through historic, and picturesque ports like Dubrovnik, and cruise along the coasts of Montenegro, and Albania eventually we reach Greece’s Corinth canal, and sail on to our final port Antony’s a famous city of antiquity, and the capital of modern Greece on this journey. You’ll delve into European history, and culture explore scenes of timeless antiquity, and beauty see the turquoise waters of the pre-fit say Lakes connected by dramatic Falls, and cascades cruise the Magnificent Bay of Kotor southern Europe’s only natural fjord, and in Greece the witness ancient delphi home of the most sought-after Oracle. We’ve had a very good time with with the city the the crews, and such we’re about halfway through, and we’re looking forward to many more every every day is is different every day as a jewel, it’s a surprise around each corner, and from start to finish.
We’ve had a very good time, it’s very good time.
