This weekend I am checking out out two new European cities: Ljubljana, Slovenia and Zagreb, Croatia. The cities are only 140km apart, so I will be flying into Ljubljana then traveling to Zagreb by train, and finally returning to Frankfurt by air from Zagreb.
Lufthansa serves both cities, but I thought it would be interesting to try out two lesser-known Star Alliance carriers: Adria Airways (the flag carrier of Slovenia) and Croatia Airlines (the flag carrier of Croatia). Ticket prices, particularly on these airlines, were high, so I burned 18,000 bmi miles for a round-trip in business class. Stay tuned for a full report on each of the flights–though with flight times of not much more than one hour, I am not expecting too much. Normally, business class is just not worth it on these short routes, but for an extra 3K miles each flight, I figured why not…
I am preparing for departure and still have to take care of a few items, namely where I am going to stay and what I am going to see, but it has been a busy week. Besides, maybe it is time for a hostel this weekend–I was spoiled by the Park Hyatt in Mendoza and Grand Hyatt Santiago last week. I love luxury hotels, but am not opposed to saving a few Euros now and then. There will be plenty of time luxury hotels in the weeks to come.
I will check in again, perhaps on Twitter, if anything goes wrong, but I wish you all a great weekend. Look for a special 9/11 post tomorrow.
Enjoy the train between the two cities. It’s quite beautiful as you ride along the river in some parts of the trip.
Looking forward to the trip reports! BTW, are you going to review Ryanair (or did I miss it)?
@Darren: Thanks for the reminder. I’ll get that out next week.