Blogs from Istria, Croatia, Europe - page 7

Curtis and I are quite compatible as travellers. His laid back, "go with the flow" attitude counterbalances my incessant worrying and detail-oriented character. As husband and wife, we are a team in all aspects of our relationship, complementing each other very well. However, after spending 24 hours a day together for the last 39 days we have somehow evolved into Abbott and Costello! The old "Who's On First?" routine pretty much sums up how several of our conversations go in a day! There are some moments where we just look at each other during a discussion, shake our heads because the conversation between us has made absolutely no sense at all and we have been talking in circles. At the end of it we just have to laugh and try again! Later in the morning we ... read more

We trudged down to the bus station at 6:30 this morning in order to catch our bus from Ljubljana to Rovinj. As we walked along the streets we were amazed at the number of people already up and about. Upon arriving at the bus station we set down our bags at the assigned post and waited with anticipation. Dozens of highschool-aged kids were getting of the train and walking into town. Evidently school starts at 7:30 am! At 7:10 our big, blue Crnja bus pulled in. We showed our ticket and asked if we had to change buses in Trieste (as indicated on our sheet). The driver said no, that this bus went straight to Rovinj. Thank goodness as we were both a little worried about the transfer, recalling the bus drop off point in Trieste ... read more

We travelled over beautiful mountain roads as high as 950 metres on the way to the border. We had coffee on the way in a roadhouse, where a very excited young man served us, who had never met Australian travellers. We left him one of those mini Koalas in his indoor plant as if he had been given a watch so happy. The border went quickly and we knew where to go for it was close to Plitvicke lakes, We stayed at this Pension before but at the time Liz could not go to the Lakes because of leg troubles. After hello's we went to our room which was heavenly quiet after our super noisy room at Sarajevo. Early dinner and early to bed. The following day to the Lakes. It is a mountain range with ... read more

Geo: 45.3296, 14.4335 GÜN 57 GÜNLERDEN PERŞEMBE: Yağmur bir süre ara verdi anlaşılan ..Her şeyimizi toparladık Martin'ler bizi uğurlamak için erken kalkmışlar..sağolsunlar ..Vedalaştık ve yola girmeden önce Ayşe ile Pula'da ünlü Antik Roma Arenasını ziyaret ettik. Bu Roman arena tiyatrosu Avrupa'nın en iyi korunmuş eserlerinden biri.. Roma'lılara hayranlığım biraz daha arttı.. MÖ 27 ve MS 68 yılları arasında yapılmış Dünya'da ayakta kalan 6 arenadan birisidir. Kardeşim ne işin var ? bunları yapıyorsun..tüm diğer milletleri bir düşünce alıyor.. Günümüzde bu Arena da müzik konserleri düzenleniyor.Konser veren ıvır zıvır sanatçılar şöyle : Luciano Pavarotti, Đorđe Balašević, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras, , Jamiroquai,Anastacia... read more

Geo: 44.8739, 13.8453 GÜN 56 GÜNLERDEN ÇARŞAMBA: Benim, kamplarda, pek sosyal olduğum söylenemez ama bu çiftle sevdik birbirimizi.. Onlar Akdenizli olmadıklarından, erken yatarlar . Vedalaştık ve biz çaktırmadan tepedeki lokantaya gittik .. Burada Ojulsko'larımızı pırıl pırıl denize karşı içtik. Dönüşte, kampın etkinlik yerinde unplug müzik yapan yetenekli bir çifti izledik ve dönüp yattık .. Hırvatistan kamplarının tatil köylerinden en ufak bir farkı yok… GÜN KM:0 KUMULATIF KM: 8702... read more