Restaurant Boat - Vukovar, Croatia

Think Croatia, think Dalmatian Coast, think Plitvice Lakes - or think Danube and eating in a floating restaurant - it's a country with everything.

Most of my best experiences with Croatia are connected to water, for example its beautiful Dalmatian coast, and especially the gorgeous city of Dubrovnik; or in the north, the unbeatable Plitvice Lakes National Park. Now in the far east they're talking about cruises down the Danube and a new attraction in Vukovar, in the Slavonian region.

Apparently each summer over a hundred cruise ships pass through Vukovar on the Budapest to Bucharest route, and now the tourists stopping there have improved attractions to enjoy. This news fascinates me more with the idea of taking a Danube cruise even longer than I'd imagined: already the Vienna to Budapest route via Bratislava is a perfect trip for me, and how about extended it southwards then ending up in Bucharest - a dream. There are so many interesting ways to travel around Eastern Europe, we just all need more time to do it in!