Blogs from Sibenik, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

We had a really wonderful day today, on our boat trip to the Kornati Islands, and most of the day was lovely and sunny. Despite the crappy weather forecast! We were so afraid that it would rain and the trip would be cancelled, but we were lucky with the weather, right until the end of the day. So, we started the day with breakfast in our apartment (yogurt, leftover bread from last night’s dinner with hummus, dried figs, banana). We had it on our balcony while admiring the view of St Michael’s Fortress in the sun. We met the others down the hill at the civilized hour of 9:30. I managed to publish the blog this morning before we left, after having lots of problems last night. The SIM card we’ve been using for our phones, ... read more

Greetings from Sibenik! (It is pronounced “Shi-ben-ick”). We had a nice breakfast in the Hotel Slavija restaurant this morning, before our journey from Split to Sibenik. By the way, Hotel Slavija is the oldest hotel in Split, opening in 1900. The building dates back to the 17thC and was built above Diocletian’s private baths. We had breakfast in the basement of the hotel, where the Roman baths were located. We had a bit of time before we had to leave so I took a quick walk around Diocletian’s Palace. It wasn’t too busy at that time of the morning, and it was really nice just taking a bit of time to admire the fascinating buildings, and I wanted to find a chocolate shop that Zigi recommended, so I knew where it was when we come back ... read more

Krka National Park is located just twelve kms from Sibenik, and contains one of Croatia’s best known natural wonders, Krka Waterfalls. We headed off early to try and avoid the crowds, and arrived at the Lozovac Park Entrance at around 9.00am. The ticket price includes a bus down the mountain to the Krka River, which is where we commenced our walking tour of the waterfalls, on well maintained elevated timber walkways. The Krka River contains rarely seen Travertine deposits, which is a limestone that has settled and accumulated on mosses and algae, creating various formations. Krka was declared a National Park in 1985. Krka is famous for Skradinski Buk, which is the longest and most commonly visited waterfall on the river. Skradinski Buk is where swimming is permitted just below the waterfall, and is the reason ... read more

Just a thought - different fields, different grasshoppers, different seas and different fish. Is that not what holidays are all about? Seeing the same thing but in a different light. Seeing new things as well. Where is Suzy today? Sitting in the sun at Camping Krka in between Skradin and Sibernik. So it's Dobra Dosli to the blog today. When we arrived we were greeted like old friends by the daughter of the campsite owner. My English is poor she said. Wow I wish my Croatian was that good. She asked if we wanted sun or shade. She laughed when we said sun and told us all British wanted sun. It appears that an English couple come here every year for a month at a time and want the same sunny spot. We are now sitting ... read more

Sebinik Croatia 9th June 2015 Southern Germany - You know about East Germany – Well it was a Socialist experiment that took over 40 years to prove itself a failure. Well here we are in Southern Germany. Most people know it as Croatia. Maybe its an experiment to extend German influence. But all I have seen is Germans. German speaking people – German Car - German Motorhomes – German supermarkets. The bigger supermarket players here are Lidl, Kaufland, and Bila - all German with 2 other players of interest being Konzum ( a Croatian company) and a Plodine a joint venture Croatian and an Australian company. The good French wine is kept at home I think by the French. Italian wine was available in some of the supermarkets near the Italian border. But yesterday we could ... read more