Sophie discover EU

My friend Line and I seized the opportunity in 2019 and applied for a DiscoverEU travel pass, which turned out to be a good idea. In January 2020, we received the good news that we were among the lucky ones to be awarded a travel pass, and in August 2020, we embarked on our trip.

We started our journey in Rome, where we then continued to Pompeii to see the volcano Vesuvius. We also managed to squeeze in a day trip to the Amalfi Coast. We had an enormous cultural experience in Italy, but Croatia was calling, so we took the night ferry to Italy. However, the journey there was much more hectic than planned, with canceled and delayed trains, which resulted in a last-minute dash and a quick switch to a taxi instead of a train. We felt like we were part of a TV show. However, we made it to the ferry, and at 07:46 the next morning, we saw the Croatian coast. In Croatia, we visited the city of Split and the small island of Hvar, and it was undoubtedly here that we had some of our best experiences.

Probably the best experience was when we rented an ATV and drove around the island, which offered a lot of beautiful beaches with the most stunning blue water. The town of Hvar had beautiful buildings with charming streets filled with lovely restaurants. We quickly agreed that we had to come back here again someday.

After Croatia, we had to hurry on to Budapest as we needed to catch a flight due to the Corona situation. We were familiar with the city, as we had been on a school trip the previous year, so there was plenty of time to enjoy the city for two days before heading back to Denmark.

We had a fantastic trip that didn't go as planned, but it was still perfect. 30 days turned into 15 due to the rising infection rates across Europe, which was of course unfortunate, but we made the best of it and adjusted our trip accordingly.

Updated on Il-Ġimgħa, 23/08/2024