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Final Thoughts

Another full disclosure:  if you hadn't noticed already, all the posts beginning with the second day in Dubrovnik were written and posted after we got home.  There just wasn't enough time in the day to get everything in.  Or I was just too tired.

Gate 1 Travel is a great way to go and I'd recommend them to anyone.  I've said it before but our guide was really good and we saw a lot.  I was worried that we wouldn't have much time on our own but as you've seen, we were able to explore some by ourselves.  Also, the hotels we stayed in were more luxurious than what we do on our own and there were things (like the water taxi) that the company could arrange easier than I could.  All our fellow travelers in the group were very nice--we made some new friends on the way.

All the places we saw were great, but I would have liked to spend more time in Pula, Zagreb (to give it more of a chance), Ljubljana, and of course Venice--a day and a half isn't enough time there.

We'll probably use Gate 1 again sometime--if only because Fe like having things handled by someone else--but I have to admit that I still prefer doing things on my own.  Finding a nice budget hotel in a good location, just pulling off in a small town somewhere if I'm driving--or riding a tram to the end of the line if I'm not, finding an off-the-beaten-path restaurant or lookout which has probably been visited by thousands of tourists, but feels like we just discovered it..."immersing myself in the culture," I like to say.  Fe likes to roll her eyes when I say that though, ha ha.

Until next time.



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