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By kjlb
October 22nd 2008

Sunshine, Saltwater & Seafood!

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Some boats in the harbour at Hvar

The smell of salt water & fish is definitely the first thing that springs to mind to describe the air along the coast of Croatia. It was warm and sunny (almost hot), and so very different to the weather that I had left behind in smelly soggy London. A week spent exploring Croatia and its islands sounded to me like a perfect place for a holiday...and it was! I arrived in Split, a small city, which was originally built around the Diocletian palace (a palace/fort built for the retired Roman emperor Diocletian) where the locals sought refuge centuries ago. Wandering the [View Full Entry]

By carterface
October 2nd 2008

Hvar pt 2

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One of the most captivating sights of Hvar has nothing to do with infrastructures. As you may have noticed, from the previous post—or this one—that the sunsets here are quite amazing. My last night in Hvar I thought I’d make this the highlight of my night and walk to what I thought would be a great spot and capture a stunning view. I took many pictures, trying to capture it, but unfortunately…you’ve got to be there. The colors are way different than in the photos. In the pictures the sun looks so light, but in actuality I was such a dark [View Full Entry]

By carterface
September 28th 2008

Hvar pt. 1

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Hvar

On Friday I took a ferry from Split to Hvar Town on Hvar island. It was raining in Split so I had on a few layers, but as we approached the island I started to bake and took off my jackets. We landed and even before I was off the boat I was negotiating a price for accommodation. Now that I had an idea of what I wanted and what I wanted to pay for it, I felt better telling them no. In the end I picked a guy named Homer. I paid less money for four days in Hvar than [View Full Entry]

By shartbeck
September 23rd 2008

Carpeeee Dieeeem

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hanging at the harbor

All, If you are not a st. louis sports radio listener, you probably wont get the title, just thought i would pass that along. well, we have actually just arrived in Munich via an overnight train frmo Zagreb, Croatia, and are starting prep for two days of Oktoberfest. Our last day in on Hvar was actually a bit cloudy, and we tried to take a ferry over to Brac or Korcula, but the times just didnt match up with what our schedule was, basically, we wouldnt have been able to get back til the next morning. So, we just hung out [View Full Entry]

By shartbeck
September 22nd 2008

Hvar is Paradise. Period.

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sunset in Hvar

Alright, well time for an update from Croatia. We are doing great, having a blast here on the island of Hvar. After publishing our last blog, we found and awesome deli in Ancona and had some sandwiches made, i had an unreal Prosciutto and buffalo mozzarella one and Chris had a mix of a few Italian meats, needless to type they were amazing and tided us over over the Adriatic. The overnight ferry went well, we both slept for most of it, but then woke up just in time to see the ferry pull in to the Split Harbor. It was [View Full Entry]

By Lucky Cats
September 8th 2008

Laid back Hvar and the Journey North

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Hvar
View from the fortress

08-09-08 Laid back Hvar and the Journey North We really enjoyed our second day in Hvar. We went to the town of Hvar, which is a very trendy place, filled with large ocean going boats, and lots of Americans and rich folk from everywhere. It has an imposing fortress on the hill above the town and a lovely harbour This is a nice place to visit, but has more of the feel of Dubrovnik, and not so homely but we are glad we stayed near Jelsa - about 15km away. Jelsa has a really nice laid back feel, we had [View Full Entry]

By Kibby
September 6th 2008

Croatia - Zagreb, Split & Hvar

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The Wizard in Split

Hello friends, whanau and any geezers reading our blogs Firstly I would like to give a brief explanation of one of the terms that we have coined since the beginning of our travels. 'Smelly dude' - this refers to a person who has very poor personal hygiene and generally needs to take a bath and apply deodourant. Kibby and I took an overnight train from Thessaloniki to Belgrade and we booked beds as we left at 4pm and were scheduled to arrive at 5am. We found our room only to realise that we were also sharing with 'smelly dude' from France. [View Full Entry]

By Adventuress Jen
August 19th 2008

Settling Down

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Hey Everyone! I have lots to update you on and i know you all have lots of questions. So here is the latest........(bare with me, this is a Croatian keyboard). I arrived in Dubrovnik, Croatia on August 13th. My friend Flo invited me to stay at her familes's home. We are on the Island of Hvar in a village called Jelsa. Its absolutely amazing here. It reminds me of the Greek Islands and Corsica. It has the feel of Corsica in the way that it is untouched, pure beauty and nature. The people of Croatia have a time schedule similar [View Full Entry]

By florencesophie
August 17th 2008

BBQ & Split

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In Hvar

I decided to do a BBQ and obviously I am so bad in lighting it up, so fortunately our friend Nikola (sorry Darko...samo smijes-:))) was there to help us, otherwise we would have had only appetizers and dessert -:))) In the end it was just delicious and we had so much fun. Nikola, Jennie is still laughing about your joke on when the US join the EU? By the way I found all your cigarettes..... -:) My mom loves your chocolate and Kras dark chocolate is surprisingly good -:) And I finally fell in love with Split, which I discovered thanks [View Full Entry]

By florencesophie
August 10th 2008

Hvar -Stipanska trendy place - Sucuraj .... the wildest place ever seen

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wooden boat by night

What a week !! full of great stories ! First I saw all the possible VIP of Croatia such as the handsome Hrvoje Vojkovic in Stipanska, some Croatian photo models, the minister of sport and education in Sveta Nedelja and lots of paparazzi. Finally went to Carpe Diem in Hvar til late, late, late and had much fun. Had a nice journey to Sveta Nedelja and finally went to Sucuraj , a place I would never have thought I could spend vacation there -:) REally I hated this place for ever.....I thought...and now I discovered the wildest rock beaches of the [View Full Entry]

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