Blogs from Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 74

Croatia is amazing! We have been on the Island of Korcula for 5 days now and the water is so amazing, you can see the bottom in the deepest of waters. We spend the days at the beach because it is too hot to do anything else, average temperature here is in the 40's. The water is so salty which makes it super easy to stay afloat and super fun to swim in. Yesterday 8 of us rented a ˝speedboat˝ and cruised throughout the island and stopped off at various beaches, one having a 14th century monestary on it that was absolutely beautiful. The water here is much like the tropics, so warm and fun to swim in. The nightlife on this Island is full of tourists like us which makes conversation very interesting, yet often ... read more

1225　Fastfood Skalinada　陰 　　上了山上的觀景台，又蕩進了住宅區（簡直是石硤尾翻版），但一無所獲，MISSION KUKOČ，已經失敗了一大半。 　　Split真的可以令人自動減速，買好船票後，我坐在門外，慢慢看那近95%看不懂的「香艷版」《都市日報》。 　　籃球在Split完全缺席。 原來克羅地亞打和澳洲2:2，仍然要出局。 Split最特別的是沒有大型百貨公司。我在小食店找來一個「懂英文」的女孩，我說要找'department store'，她竟然問'department store'是甚麼！ 找球衣，市集有的只是「足球A貨」，走進僅有的一兩家運動服裝店，就算是足球隊，亦只有國家隊球衣一款而已。我真的想買一件，然後強迫店員在背後印上7號KUKOČ。 退一步，我其實極想買一件有紅白格仔的、或�... read more

我的籃球偶像是Toni Kukoč，所以會留意一下克羅地亞這個國家。人人皆說意大利多美男子，我從來都沒有這種感覺。意大利男人的樣貌給我的印象是太雕琢，太精緻（想想Totti吧），反而一點男子氣慨也沒有；克羅地亞男人則有著一種略帶滄桑的成熟感，這才像個男人嘛！ Split是克羅地亞最大的海港，特產不是甚麼海鮮，反而是運動員，說來也有點奇怪，你不認識Toni Kukoč不要緊，你總會認識溫布頓網球冠軍得主Goran Ivanisevic吧，沒錯，同是Split的榮譽產品。 全因為Toni Kukoč，我決定要到他的家鄉Split一趟（曾經幻想過：如果市面仍然有售Kukoč的克羅地亞國家隊球衣，就算要一千塊我亦要把它帶回香港。事後當然知道那是天方夜譚了）；既然到了Split，到訪�... read more

We had been looking forward to this trip for 6 months. We had high expectations.....and they were all met. Warm weather, cheap seafood, and swimming in the clear Adriatic Sea at exotic islands - What more can you want? Read on........or just look at the photos! Wednesday 7th June 2006 We assembled the troups at Luton Airport at the usual early hour that is required for cheap flights. This time we were flying with 'Wizz Air'. Needless to say the name of the airline didn't instill a lot of confidence, but beggars can't be choosers! The team (all of us Aussies) consisted of UK dwellers - Lauren, Nicole, Lauren O'Conner, Simone, Chelsea, Ryan, Mel and Us. Also joining us was Nicole, Jenny and Jason who were all on holidays from Aus. We arrived in Zagreb (Croatia's ... read more

I wasn't happy when the alarm went off. I had a quick bath, and I think I used all the hot water again! Everyone else slowly got up, and I bid them farewell. I will see Kate again soon, and I will see Ginko and Nic in Prague in three weeks. Beck walked me down and saw me off at the port. There was a lot of people sleeping on the ferry, and even though I was so tired I couldn't get to sleep. Off the ferry and I walked around Split, which seemed to have a very nice waterfront. I was walking around in a daze, I think I was still 'a bit how ya goin' from the night before. There seemed to be lots of open areas and shops in the Old city. I ... read more

We were up at 5.15a.m to check which port of the two our ferry was leaving from. On the ferry we all tried sleeping with varying degrees of success. When we landed at Hvar it was raining, and we were met by domati owners (I'm not sure if they are called this, they are in Greece), and even though it's not normally our thing we decided to go with one. By the time we had been walking for ten minutes, he said it would only take that long, we were beginning to have our doubts. We decided to have a look at the apartment, and even though we were unsure we went with it. While we were making up our mind, the bloke was gesturing at us arms outstretched, pulling faces (like 'you tight-arses'), and repeatedly ... read more