APPENDIX - Croatia and Slovenia - page 1129

Europe smartphone app (if you don't have a smartphone, you can access the same
content via podcasts). You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
Our online Travel Store offerstravelbagsandaccessories thatI'vedesignedspe-
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cessories, and a wide selection of guidebooks, planning maps, and DVDs.
Choosing the right rail pass for your trip—amid hundreds of options—can drive
you nutty. (If your trip involves train travel beyond Croatia and Slovenia, a railpass
is worth considering.) Our website will help you find the perfect fit for your itinerary
and your budget.
Want to travel with greater efficiency and less stress? We organize tours with
morethanthreedozenitinerariesandmorethan600departuresreachingthebestdes-
tinations in this topic...and beyond. We offer a 14-day Adriatic tour that visits Slove-
nia, Croatia, and a bit of Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as a 16-day Eastern Europe
tour. You'll enjoy great guides, a fun bunch of travel partners (with small groups of
24to28travelers),andplentyofroomtospreadoutinabig,comfybuswhentouring
between towns. You'll find European adventures to fit every vacation length. For all
the details, and to get our Tour Catalog and a free Rick Steves Tour Experience DVD
(filmed on location during an actual tour), visit www.ricksteves.com or call the Tour
Department at 425/608-4217.
Dorling Kindersley publishes snazzy Eyewitness Guides, one covering Croatia and an-
otherjustonDubrovnikandtheDalmatianCoast.Whileprettytolookat,thesebooksweigh
a ton and are skimpy on actual content.
If your travels take you to nearby countries, consider Rick Steves' Eastern Europe,
which covers parts of Croatia and Slovenia, plus Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and
Slovakia.
Recommended Books and Movies
To learn about Croatia and Slovenia past and present, check out a few of these books and
films.
Books: Lonnie Johnson's Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends is the best his-
torical overview of Croatia, Slovenia, and their neighboring countries. The most readable
history of Croatia itself is Benjamin Curtis' A Traveller's History of Croatia . Rebecca
West's classic, bricklike Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is the definitive travelogue of the
Yugoslav lands (written during a journey between the two World Wars). For a more re-