HVAR, Croatia | 2 weeks summer holiday on Croatia´s most sunniest island

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We decided to spent part of this year´s summer on the famous Dalmatian island Hvar, which has the reputation of being THE SUNNIEST ADRIATIC ISLAND and is even amongst the sunniest places in the whole Europe, considering the hours of sun in the whole year. And really, in 2 weeks we were there we had literately no clouds! In the last years Hvar has developed into ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOURIST SPOTS in Croatia and one can directly see why. There are also many CELEBRITIES stopping here with their yachts every year, there are numerous very good restaurants, bars and clubs in Hvar town, but just a short car drive out of the town you can enjoy nature pure. We decided to stay in a smaller village called ZAVALA, which was much more peaceful. This was also our first family summer beach holiday with Lu, who was just 8 months old at that time.

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ISTRIA, Croatia – 1 week summer holiday

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I don´t even remember when was the last time I spent a night in a HOTEL in Croatia, since we always stayed either in camping places or private apartments or rented houses, but this time we got it as a gift – a week in Rabac in a very nice hotel. We chose this place because it is close to Slovenia (as we were just on a short visit in the area) and did not want to drive to far and also. We combined the holidays it with exploring OPATIJA and LABIN also, plus we went to an amazing JACK JOHNSON CONCERT in PULA.

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UGANDA | 4 weeks backpacking from Kampala to the north, west and south

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2 girls, 1 volcano trekking, 34 “almost traffic accidents”, 15 elephants a leopard and 32 hippos, 3 tailor made dresses, 45 eaten avocados, 67 beers, 1 afternoon speaking Slovenian with the locals, 5 spiders in the bedroom and a whole bunch of happy smiling local kids running after us… – one great adventure, one country, UGANDA! Okay okay maybe some numbers are not quite exact, but you get the point.

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Why Uganda, who is Danilo and how did I end up in a church on a Sunday?

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One afternoon I accidentally bumped into K while I was walking home from Ljubljana´s old town. My dear friend K used to be my co-worker and we have not seen each other for a while now, because I was busy finishing my University thesis and I just had the presentation a couple of days ago. I celebrated the success (got the best note btw., woohoo!) in Prague and was already getting ready for my trip to NYC which was a gift from my parents (thanks again!). So, I meet K in the old town and we started one of those typical conversations you usually do with someone whom you have not seen long time – you know, something like “Hey K, how have you been, what have you been up to, oh we need to grab a coffee sometime soon!”. She replies with similar questions and mentions she is searching for flight tickets to Uganda. I immediately think of gorillas, jungle, snakes and papayas for breakfast, but she interrupts my dreaming with saying: “Yeah, I´m going to Uganda and “nobody” want to come with me – do you want to come?” I bet she just said that, but I instinctively replied: “Why not!”.

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NEW YORK CITY, USA | what to see and do in 5 days

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The Big Apple. Empire City. Gotham City. The City. Call it like you want to, it´s simply a city everyone should visit AT LEAST ONCE IN A LIFETIME. least once in a lifetime I guess there are many women who would love to be a Carrie Bradshaw, going out for all that delicious food, dancing in the clubs and buying all those shoes. Even if you are not the biggest fan of anything American, this place is worth a visit. I would not want to live here long term, maybe for a year – just because it´s soooo big and there is soooo much to see it´s impossible to suck it all in in just a few days or in a week. Luckily for us, Europeans, the PLANE TICKETS are quite affordable and there are many direct flights to choose from, making it easy to travel over there. The problems begin though, probably already at hotels search – because everything seems very expensive. And you will not be needing the money only to pay tor your ACCOMMODATION, but also for all the other things – and trust me, once you are there you just want to use the opportunity and experience as much as you can.

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THAILAND | 2 weeks backpacking from Bangkok to the SW coast

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If you have never travelled somewhere out of your comfort zone before, but you start to feel like the time has come to set off on your first journey somewhere far – Thailand is one of the best destinations you can pick! Why? It´s really EASY TO TRAVEL around, it´s CHEAPER than home (although for Asia, it´s really not all that cheap), there are good flight connections with Europe, the local FOOD is just amazing (but you do get western fast food in many places also), it´s pretty SAFE, people are used to tourists and mostly speak or at least understand ENGLSH. There are enough big cities, small villages, beaches, islands, jungles, mountains, party places and historical sites to choose from – you can mix it like you want.

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SINAI PENINSULA, Egypt | from Sharm El-Sheikh to Nuweiba

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Back in 2004 we spent a week in Sharm el-Sheikh, which was also our FIRST TIME IN EGYPT. We had a great time relaxing on beautiful beaches, discovering the underwater world and the desert – many credits for having such a great time also go to our dear friend T who made us feel especially welcomed ;). In 2008 we came back to Egypt, but this time we flew to HURGHADA and spent 8 days on a NILE CRUISE, but in 2009 it was time for SINAI again. It seemed very convenient, tourism was blooming, there were many flights to Sharm el-Sheik and we had other special reasons to visit the place. So, we were off – but this time we planned to travel around a bit more, we stayed in Sharm for a couple of nights at friends and climbed up MOUNT SINAI for the sunrise, spend some time in DAHAB and NUWEIBA, before returning to Sharm. In 2009 it was safe to go anywhere and we had a good time – unfortunatelly today (in 2015), the picure is a bit different as many tourists avoid the area due to the current situation on the Middle East and previous events on the Sinai Peninsula.

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TIGNES, France | skiing winter holiday

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When we were younger we used to ski always either in Austria or in Italy (besides Slovenia). But then, at one point we went to France and went again and again and again. You get the picture. Austria, Italy and Slovenia were good for a day, or a weekend, or a ski opening, but seriously, it´s hard to compete with France! We went always for a week towards the end of March, because then the weather was normally also better, warm enough to sit outside in just a T-shirt in the sun, and yet cold enough that the snow didn´t melt. We went to Tignes a couple of times as well as to Val Thorens and other ski resorts in the region.

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EGYPT | 8 days Nile cruise & beach holidays at the Red Sea

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November always seems to be a great month to get away from Europe´s grey weather and catch some sun! And so we were off to Egypt for a Nile cruise and a couple of days at the beach. We enjoyed 8 days of great FOOD, great COMPANY and great HISTORY. Nice sunny weather made it a great Autumn escape and the temples on the river Nile banks are really something one should see at some point!

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