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We just came back from a really perfect and fantastic vacation in New England. We went to Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, ME. The drive there is long so we stopped in Mystic, CT on the way up and Portsmouth, NH on the way back.

Acadia National Park is now my favorite national park, and New England is my favorite place in the U.S. Boy do I have to see more places to see if it will be the all-time favorite :)

Check out our pictures.

Dinko and I spent Easter weekend in Pula with our friends. It was a weekend of walking and eating. The food was fantastic and by the end of the weekend, I couldn’t eat anymore. I don’t think I’ve managed to walk off all the food I’ve eaten yet ;)

Pula is a great city. It’s smaller than I thought though, which was nice because we could then walk almost the entire city and see everything while we were there.

We saw a lot of interesting sites.

- Arena (Roman amphitheater from the 1st - 5th centuries)
- Gates (3 remaining roman gates to the center of the city)
- The Forum (main square, currently under construction)
- Temple of Augustus (ancient Roman temple to Augustus)
- Roman Theater Ruins
- Fortress (atop the hill in the center of Pula)
- Fort San Giorgio (from the Austro-Hungarian Empire)

and we spent a few hours in a few other places as well

Rovinj
A beautiful and well-kept costal town. The surroundings and entire coastline are protected.

Hum
Officially the smallest “city” in the world.

Ucka
For the ride back, we decided to save a few bucks by not taking the tunnel and instead driving up Ucka for the fantastic view of the Adriatic coast, Rijeka, Krk, and Cres.

This post was delayed because I wanted to add it when the pictures were available on Dinko.net. Check out all the great pictures.

This past weekend Dinko and I were in Venice with some friends. It is a fantastic city. It’s so strange to be in a city where the streets are so narrow and all transportation is on foot or by water. There are no cars anywhere. There are also no large stores or restaurants and bars. Everything is rather small scale and shops are specialized. I’m not quite sure how large items are purchased and delivered.

I really liked the narrow streets and the relatively cool temperatures. The further away form San Marco’s square the less people there were and the better time we had.