Experiences Archives - Travel The Four Corners https://travelthefourcorners.com/category/experiences/ Travel With Insight Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:39:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/travelthefourcorners.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Final_JPG.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Experiences Archives - Travel The Four Corners https://travelthefourcorners.com/category/experiences/ 32 32 210440351 I Had a Fling in Croatia https://travelthefourcorners.com/i-had-a-fling-in-croatia/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/i-had-a-fling-in-croatia/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:54:00 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=99681 Did my title pull you in?  Sorry to disappoint if you thought I meant an extra-marital fling—in fact, I was literally thrown by a panicking Haflinger pony during a horseback ride in Croatia. That unexpected tumble was my wake-up call to the importance of travel insurance. My travel fairy godmother was watching over me that […]

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]]> https://travelthefourcorners.com/i-had-a-fling-in-croatia/feed/ 0 99681 Croatia’s Truffle “Tails:” Stinky Potatoes https://travelthefourcorners.com/croatias-truffle-tails-stinky-potatoes/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/croatias-truffle-tails-stinky-potatoes/#respond Fri, 26 May 2023 02:29:24 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=93861 A tip from a city tour guide and a little digging uncovered Italy’s long-ago barter deal for the unheralded Croatian truffle. It all began when someone in Istria unearthed the first of many white truffles in the 1960s. They looked like potatoes but had a pungent odor, so the Croatians called them “Stinky Potatoes.” The […]

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]]> https://travelthefourcorners.com/croatias-truffle-tails-stinky-potatoes/feed/ 0 93861 The Dancing White Horses of Lipica https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-dancing-white-horses-of-lipica/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-dancing-white-horses-of-lipica/#respond Sat, 11 Feb 2023 22:23:59 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=58981 We spent an afternoon with the famous Lipizzaner horses at the Lipica Stud Farm in Slovenia. We did it by skipping Postojna Cave, Predjama Castle, and truffle hunting in Croatia. It was worth it! Date of Visit: September 21, 2022—Lipica, Slovenia A herd of white horses came into view as we drove alongside a green […]

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