Good morning guys.
So today it is our last day here in Slovenia in Ljubljana and we are going to Croatia for
the first time.
The start of our Balkan adventures begins right now.
What we have to do right - it is early Sunday morning and we're going to be walking over
to the bus station.
It is about a 20 minutes walk from our AirBNB that we just checked out of.
And then we're catching a bus (tickets = 11.50 Euros per person) and it is going to actually
the route veers through Italy and then we're crossing in through the border.
So yeah we'll be stopping in Trieste.
We have an hour and a half.
Gotta switch buses and we'll have to do immigration.
Yeah.
So it is going to be a bit of a long day but what we're hoping to do is get some nice Italian
food.
Maybe some pizza, maybe a cappuccino.
Maybe some Italian baked goods too.
So we're looking forward to lunch.
Anyways we'll show you the journey and yeah let's get started.
Time for an update.
We've arrived at the station.
Lovely hair happening.
Yeah.
So number 30 platform 30 is FlixBus.
It looks like this is the only platform for the bus company we're traveling with.
Yeah, so just hanging out here waiting.
I'm just show you a pan so over here where my finger is pointing that is the main bus
station so most of the other buses are actually down that way.
We're kind of away from most of the other buses.
Also something to keep in mind the train station is right across from the bus terminal.
Yes.
And a lot of people were getting confused and going to the train station thinking they
were buying bus tickets.
Yeah, and trying to board buses with a train tickets.
Which is horrible.
I don't know if they do refunds but the yellow building is the train station, the grey one
that looks like nothing that is your bus terminal.
Yeah.
So if you find yourself here be aware.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, we actually saw that on our trip to Bled.
It was so sad.
Yeah some poor guy ran into the train station and bought a ticket and then he couldn't board
the bus.
Yeah.
But anyways what did you think of our time in Slovenia?
Well, we really enjoyed it.
I mean we were mostly based out of Ljubljana so in the city but yesterday we took our day
trip to Lake Bled and we got to see a little bit of the countryside and it is really beautiful.
It reminded us a little bit of Austria in a way but like so much cheaper and yeah it
was good.
Yeah, I thought this was a great like a great value country.
I thought like in terms of services and like just everything like it is up to par with
a lot of other like more expensive places in Europe but yet you get really good value
here so highly recommend travel in Slovenia.
Yes.
We'd like to come back and do some more travel here for sure.
So our bus was over an hour late.
An hour and ten minutes to be precise.
We're not sure if we're going to make our connection so it is going to be tight.
I think we will.
It is going to be very tight.
I think we'll make it.
I hope so.
Oh my gosh.
Just in the nick of time.
Not a second to spare.
We made it.
Are you filming this?
Yes.
Oh my gosh.
We just barely made our connection.
Oh wow.
I feel so relieved.
I really didn't think we would get it so.
This is the best news so we should still be on time.
We made it by like 3 minutes that is all.
That is it.
How do you like bus travel Sam?
Well, I'd say at this point I'm a little tired.
I've been sleeping the whole way.
You have.
I haven't.
I've been filming the whole time.
Oh yeah.
The film maker.
So basically we crossed the border here.
So we're currently in Istria.
Yes.
And we need to travel all the way down to Pula at the very bottom.
That was one of the easiest border crossings ever.
Oh yeah.
The guy came on the border control came onto the bus, we handed over our passports, got
stamps and then we were off on our way.
It took like 5 minutes.
10 minutes at most.
For the whole bus.
So that was awesome.
Well we've arrived at last.
We sure have and it is about four thirty so we're just going to roll out to our airbnb.
It is a short walk from here.
Then food.
I'm thinking risotto.
I've been thinking about risotto the whole journey.
We're absolutely ravenous at this point because we only packed enough snacks for like a morning
snack.
Yeah, we were planning to have pizza in Italy.
We were going to have an hour and a half.
That didn't happen.
To kill.
That didn't happen.
Anyways, we're very fortunate to have made that bus though so we will go drop off our
bags and then it is all about the food.
Dun dun dun.
We have stopped to admire the Pula arena.
We were walking and Sam is like wow.
Just wow.
It is incredible and the sun is about to set not too long from now so I mean it is amazing
light.
It is beautifully lit.
And apparently we're not too far from here.
No, just like a block down.
We will be back.
(Rolling sounds)
Made it to the airbnb.
Now we're going to fetch the key.
It is supposed to be in here.
Yes.
Is it?
Found the key.
Is it.
We found the key.
Ho ho ho.
So nice not having to meet someone to check in.
So anti-social.
Haha.
It is not so much that.
I just don't like waiting.
Alright, we found somewhere.
Actually the first few places we've tried have been closed.
Places are closed already.
What is it Saturday?
Oh, it is a Sunday.
So yeah.
There you go.
In the off-season.
Well, well.
Well, well she is fixing her hair.
So what are we going to try here?
Alright, so first up the wine.
We went for a red.
Salut.
Cha ching.
What is the name of this one?
I believe it was Vranac.
Vranac.
If I remember correctly.
Yeah, it is a dry red.
And what is really cool is that while we were driving through you know the northern tip
of Croatia, as we were coming down here we saw like tonnes of vineyards.
Yeah.
And olive trees.
Olive groves.
And olive groves, exactly.
Yeah, I think we're going to be eating really well.
I found my risotto guys.
Risotto is coming.
Yes.
What did you get?
And I found my pizza.
Pizza is coming.
We're both happy then.
Yeah, it is the best of both getting what we wanted.
And how is the wine?
Good.
Good?
OMG it already arrived.
My risotto came out in like 10 minutes.
This is amazing and I got the one with prosciutto, prosciutto.
Why can't I say that?
And pinenuts.
And was it arugula?
I forget.
Oh man, something green.
With a name I can't pronounce.
It looks good.
Oh my gosh.
I've been thinking about risotto all day long.
Seriously.
We're not definitely not going to be the best of food critics at the moment we are so we
are such a hangry stage that anything would taste good.
Mmmm.
It does.
But is it good though?
Mmmhmm.
It is good.
Risotto has been really good but look at what else arrived.
I'm already a huge fan of this place.
They brought our food fast.
It was like they knew.
They must have been able to sense our desperation.
Your hanger.
Hanger.
They could read our hanger.
Um, and I can say the food here so far has been awesome.
I tried your risotto it tasted so good.
It was so creamy and cheesy.
And this pizza hasn't been cut so I'm just going to be gnawing on it.
Gnawing on it.
Alright.
Mmmm.
What is on it?
Do you want to tell us?
That is good.
I see prosciutto.
That is really juicy.
Yeah, there is prosciutto, there is ham underneath.
Asparagus, we've got olives, we've got mushrooms.
Oh my.
It is fully jacked.
Like I ordered the full, I ordered the most expensive one so.
I'm hungry I want lots of ingredients.
So we are back at the airbnb.
Sam is chilling.
Chilling like a villain.
We are going to make very good use of this table.
What did we get?
We got ice creams.
They were only 1 Euro each which was 7 in local currency.
And what else?
And we got some local wine.
It was on sale for 28.
Not Euros but local.
The exchange is 1 to 7 right now.
It is a good deal.
Um, yeah.
Tired.
Satisfied now that we've had some food in our bellies.
Yeah, it was a good meal.
Yeah.
I'm feeling okay now so yeah we're just going to chill and have some wine and we can't wait
to show you some more food and travel videos from Croatia soon.
Bye.
Ciao.