My first Croatia entry.. though my postcards from there are from different scattered places, they are actually located along the coastline of the Adriatic sea. The Adriatic sea is part of the Mediterranean sea that separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.

From Dorilys. I love this old fortress and buildings! I am amazed with the fact that they’re standing juse a few inches from the water… I can’t help thinking if it’s safe?? Because here the sea water is never at the same level, it can go down in daytime and at night part of the beach will be flooded. It’s never a good idea to make a building or house very near to the beach.. even there’s been a proverb saying more or less, “Dont build a house near the beach if you don’t expect a danger”… well maybe it doesn’t apply in Croatia at least, since this Dubrovnik city has been standing since the Middle ages, being the centre of the development back in the 15th and 16th centuries and home to many great artists, scientists and other scholars  in Croatian language and literature. Between its golden ages in the 14th century and 1808, Dubrovnik was a free state Republic and only became part of Croatia during the WWI. Needless to say, Dubrovnik old city has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.

From AJDonkey. Now comes Murter, a Croatian island and this view shows the old parts where you can see typical fisherman villages like this.

HR-138 from Mijo. This is actually the first postcard I received from Croatia.. back in 2006. And it’s funny that I only knew Hrvatska as Croatian name for the country just after I got this card! I mean.. I was a bit puzzled with the ID saying HR.. and thanks goodness the stamps helped me from being ignorant for too long :P (well the same way I felt dumb realizing Switzerland as Helvetica yet having CH as the ID code) anyways Makarska is another coastline town.. it’s a tourist center with beaches and hotels, yet also an old town from the middle ages. It used to be conquered by the Republic of Venice in the 13th century. (Oh yeah? Venice was a republic too!)