Croatia
The town of Hvar
Back in August right before I started work, we ventured to the beautiful country of Croatia for 3 nights in Hvar and 1 night in Zagreb to see U2 in conert. We arrived in Zagreb by plane and had to get down to Split in order to catch a ferry to the island of Hvar. We decided the easiest way would be to take a bus - although we were VERY pressed for time as the last ferry to the island of Hvar left at 8:30pm. We left Zagreb by bus around 3pm (first one we could get). The bus ride was very nice and we got to see the beautiful countryside along the way. I really didn’t know what to expect about Croatia, but I certainly did not expect it to be as gorgeous as it was. Everyone on the bus was very helpful too, as they knew we would be cutting it extremely close to make the ferry.
We arrived in Zagreb at 8:25- Matt ran to get ferry tickets and I got our bags and made our ferry with 1 minute to go- PHEW! The ferry took about 2 hours and we arrived in Hvar exhausted from a long day of travelling.
View from our apartment
In Hvar we stayed in an apartment with our friends Chris, Katie, and Eric. We had great views of the beach and spent the next couple of days relaxing and enjoying the Hvar sights. The beaches were very rocky so it was different from what I was used to but still great. The second day we were there we rented a small motorboat and went to some of the surrounding islands. This was fantastic and we found some really neat bars on some of the islands.
Matt on the beach
Lindsey on the beach
We were very sad to leave Hvar as it was such a nice change from our other vacations- instead of running around sightseeing, we actually got to kick back and do nothing! But we had a U2 concert to get to so off we went to Zagreb after our 3rd day in Croatia. We took the ferry back from the town of Hvar to Split around 8am, and then caught a train to Zagreb (so we travelled by air, ferry, boat, train, bus, and car while we were there!). The train was sketchy to say the least 
The trains all shared one track and there was a man with a flag telling the train conductor whether or not he could go- what if the flag guy wasn’t there??!! We tried not to think about that!
Sketch flag guy directing our train
We arrived in Zagreb around 5pm and got ready to go to the U2 concert. We saw lots of people tailgating although we arrived to late to do that. The Croatians know how to tailgate well- there were people grilling and selling ears of corn everywhere - something you cannot get in the Hague very easily! We got into the concert just as Snow Patrol was finishing up (who were really good as well) and then the show started. The U2 concert was absolutely amazing- the money spent on the set was sinful but it really made the concert spectacular. If you ever get a chance to go to a U2 show I would highly recommend it. They played lots of songs from their new album but played plenty of their old songs as well. So glad we went!
U2 concert!
The day after the concert we were flying back to the Hague, but Matt and I were able to do a bit of sightseeing in Zagreb as well. We saw a bunch of very nice parks, churches, and even came across a market where we bought a lunch of bread, fresh olives, fresh goat cheese, and meat.
A church in Zagreb
This is how they weighed the olives we bought
We were sad to have to leave this country (and I was sad to have to start work!), but we had a great time! If you want to see more pictures from our trip be sure to check out our Picasa album!