It was our third and last day in Pula and it really has been an excellent stopover for us. The apartment has been great with plenty of room to spread ourselves out and has everything that we could have wanted in facilities including a washing machine. So for the first time on the adventure we were able to wash clothes in a washing machine rather than by hand. It was a bit like being Bear Grylls on the Discovery channel finding his way out at the end of the programme and the excitement of being rescued except for us it was the luxury of a washing machine which at home we take for granted. Nearly 3 hours after putting the clothes in the machine they were ready to hang out (these front loaders are so s ... read more

Gelato flours of the day - GMB - Nutella GLB - ......wait for it....chocolate! We feel very comfortable in our apartment and we can feel that it is going to be a relaxing 4 days here. Being Sunday we weren't too quick in getting up and as we plan a day around the town of Pula it didn't matter too much. Iva had told us where the local 'green market' and the supermarket was so we thought we would top up with some local fruit and veges and see if the supermarket had anything we fancied for dinner. Supposedly the markets were about 300 metres away and they were, except we somehow managed to walk past them and it was only when we were doubling back after going about a kilometre that we found them next ... read more

The rain of last night has cleared the skies for today and we woke to bright sunshine giving a different look to the mountain tops except for a little bit of cloud that looked like it would clear soon. We have really enjoyed our 3 nights in this very well presented apartment and it would have been good to spend another day or two here but Croatia beckons tomorrow and we need to get ourselves part way there by driving back to a location on the plains. We said goodbye to our hostess who owned the building the 4 apartments were sited in.We said we would recommend her apartments to anyone from NZ who think of coming this way.She struggled with our English when we had arrived getting her daughter to translate and leaving was no ... read more

Missing our daily gelatos but there is nothing we can do as there are no stores selling them here! We both woke this morning short of breath and we can only put it down to the altitude of about 1400 mtrs above sea level we are at.Hopefully that won't put us off some walks we have got planned for the next couple of days. When we arrived yesterday the temperature was cold and it is easy to see why spring is only just coming to the area with the flowering trees yet to break their buds and green leaves only just starting to show.However in contrast the grass on the mountainside around the houses is green,very green almost as if the grass has said 'right,now the snow cover has gone I am really going to do ... read more

Todays gelato flavours - GMB -Melon and GLB - good old chocolate The day dawned a bit drizzly and we were hoping it was going to clear as we have activity planned for the outdoors and wearing raincoats is not in the equation. Breakfast at the Hotel Germania was excellent with the chance to have a boiled egg.....oh how we have missed our morning egg.And we could make toast to go with it with nice soft bread. The ferry service out of Venice terminates at a town 18km from where we are at Lido di Jesolo down the peninsula that sticks out and protects Venice from the open sea and essentially creates a lagoon in which there are several islands which you can travel to by a ferry. It was clear,as we travelled down the road ... read more