Donna and Jack's European Vacation Montenegro to Milan

 We moved out of our place in Murter, Croatia today. It was an incredibly beautiful place but I won't miss the road. Jack came around and says it was no big deal. We headed to Plitvice Lakes National Park after a stop in Zadar.  Zadar is an interesting city with some parts dating back to BC. Much of the city was destroyed over the years through war. It sustained significant bombing during WW2. It seems to have been the epicenter of a lot of battles. Some of the old remains include Roman ruins and a few old churches. Mixed in with these remains are new buildings, shops and restaurants. All of this exists along the beautiful Adriatic. The area away from the coast presents as a typical city, fairly modern and not solely focused on tourism like most of the other cities we have visited. We explored a bit of the Old Town and had a nice lunch at a Thai restaurant. It was nice to mix things up a bit food wise.  As we traveled from Zadar to the town of Korana near Plitvice Lakes N...

 We ventured out to Sibenik this morning. It's about 40 minutes from where we are staying and another lovely old town on the Adriatic. We were very lucky to visit on St. Michael's day as the town was celebrating, He is their patron saint. You could hear the joyous music throughout the town. We enjoyed wandering around and exploring with a beautiful musical background for much of our day. I'm hoping some of the videos are good enough for you to experience part of what we did. We happened upon the conclusion of one of the church services that was held at St. James Cathedral. We followed the music to this beautiful Cathedral. The service was held outside so I was able to video some of it.  We visited St. Michael's Fortress and after climbing multiple steps we were treated to a view of the city as well as an opportunity to see the fortress. They started building the fortress in the 1400s.  The town of Sibenik is lovely and has many shops and cafes as well as apartments wher...