{"id":1683,"date":"2018-10-15T21:04:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2018-11-06T21:32:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T21:32:39","slug":"croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"Croatia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1706\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1706\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1706\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SplitbyAir.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Split from jet window.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Croatia is a hotspot for bike tourism\u2014well, all kinds of tourism\u2014today as it makes a strong comeback from the Serbo-Croatian war (the &#8220;Homeland War&#8221; to Croatians)\u00a0of the 1990\u2019s.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>With its Adriatic coast, long complex history, and outgoing people, there\u2019s something here for every kind of tourist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Five other bike-riding couples, Atlanta friends for the most part with a\u00a0Portland (OR) couple for variety, are joining Betsy and I for a bike tour to experience this beautiful and exotic Eastern European land. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1689\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croatia_cycle_detail_2010-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1689\" class=\"wp-image-1689 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croatia_cycle_detail_2010-1-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croatia_cycle_detail_2010-1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croatia_cycle_detail_2010-1.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our itinerary for Croatia bike trip&#8211;a mix of Dalmatian Islands and mainland rides.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The flight from Atlanta is at least 1 plane change and 20 hours so it\u2019s not easy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But is it worth it?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Follow along and make your own determination.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1703\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1703\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1703\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJet-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJet-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJet-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJet-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJet-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJet.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We flew Easy Jet from Amsterdam to Split. Other than a 1-1\/2 hr delay, our flight was smooth and crew and passengers friendly.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1704\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJetCrowd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1704\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJetCrowd-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJetCrowd-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EJetCrowd.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easy Jet draws a bright, varied crowd.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1705\" style=\"width: 925px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BikeGang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1705\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1705\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BikeGang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BikeGang.jpg 915w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BikeGang-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BikeGang-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BikeGang-381x300.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Croatia Bike Gang, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Croatia is a hotspot for bike tourism\u2014well, all kinds of tourism\u2014today as it makes a strong comeback from the Serbo-Croatian war (the &#8220;Homeland War&#8221; to Croatians)\u00a0of the 1990\u2019s.\u00a0 With its Adriatic coast, long complex history, and outgoing people, there\u2019s something &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/?p=1683\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","tag-croatia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s3QqGi-croatia","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}