I must say that it’s been quite a while since I’ve had such
smooth flights and connections while transiting Europe. Considering that three connections were part
of this first jaunt, I wondered if I was asking for trouble. But other than two small-ish delays of 10 and
20 minutes everything went very well. To
recap, I transited Munich and Zagreb onroute to Dubrovnik HR via Lufthansa and
Croatia Airlines. Touchdown for the
final segment was around 4pm local time.
Arriving to Dubrovnik via Zagreb is super easy.
Immigration/Customs checks occurred at Zagreb so there was no need to
stop once the flight landed. In fact,
the customs booths were empty and baggage claim within a few hundred feet of
the gate area. The airport itself is
very small and only has a few flights a day, so they are able to time things
out well when you arrive. The airport
bus was waiting for the final luggage to be given out before departing – that
allowed enough time to also nab tickets.
I highly recommend doing this option right when you arrive – they accept
either Kuna or Euros.
(Speaking of the Zagreb transition via Munich, you’ll want
to note that you will have to ‘exit’ immigration/customs and then re-enter once
you deplane. Zagreb’s airport is also
not very large, so this transition time only took about 20 minutes between
deplaning and rechecking through security.
Security, mind you, was much more thorough than at any airport along the
way – I ended up having to take out everything in my backpack compared to
Munich and the US where I took out nothing.)
Once on the airport bus it’s a relatively quick ride into
Dubrovnik. Since it was later evening
already the sun was down, but the lights of the city were spectacular coming
down the mountain. The bus drops off
right at the Pile Gate and it was a very fast walk into the Old Town to get to
my chosen stay for this trip, Andio. As
you no doubt can guess from the following pictures, it truly is walking back in
time to some degree to be in the Old Town - I was
speechless.
Arrival to Andio had its moments, since they didn’t have a
room designated when I got there. But
after a quick phone call, that was figured out and it was time to walk around a bit
before sleep. The first restaurant of
choice was the Café Festival just a few blocks down from Andio. I think I had the best lasagna broccoli that
I’ve ever had, including homemade cheesecake that was amazing. Not a bad way to start the visit!
Lasagna needs broccoli, it's way too junk foody the way it is. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteTwas amazing...have to say I'd definitely order again!
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