http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Croatia , Dalmatia , Hvar en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:04:28 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:04:28 UTC 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 wasI arrived in Split a small city which http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-337439.html One of the most captivating sights of Hvar has nothing to do with infrastructures. As you may have noticed from the previous postmdashor this onemdashthat the sunsets here are quite amazing. My last night in Hvar I thought Irsquod 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 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-330005.html 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 pic http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-328666.html AllIf 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 mat http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-326669.html 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 we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-326230.html 080908 Laid back Hvar and the Journey NorthWe 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 home http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-321589.html Hello friends whanau and any geezers reading our blogsFirstly 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 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-320383.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-315228.html 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 Corsi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-313904.html 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 hav http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-312604.html Hvar is such a lovely city and historically so interesting I love this island The history of the island goes back into the prehistoric period and the finds from two most important caves prove that Grap269eva and Markova scaronpilja caves substantiate the existence of life on the island 6000 years old. Characteristic examples of painted pottery enabled to identify the socalled Hvar c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-306599.html Greetings once again from the beautiful Island of Hvar. Dave and I ended up staying here a bit longer than planned as we just love this place. Yesterday was my favorite day Ive had on Hvar. Dave and I rolled out of bed around 11ish surprised that we werent more hungover from the 19820340 Croatian beers we drank the night before at a local bar that played every kind of music from hip hop to Celt http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-305211.html Greetings from the beautiful island of Hvar Croatia is one of the most breathtaking places I have ever been. Quaint cities huge mountain ranges beautiful islands national parks galour...this place has just about everything to offer. Believe it or not after the most traumatizing boatride of our lives Dave and I boarded another 6hour ferry to Hvar yesterday morning. Thankfully we found ourse http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-304408.html Everyone seemed to have a bit more spring in their step due to a quiet night. A short time after breakfast everyone was up on deck sweltering in the roasting sun. We were relieved when we pulled into a beautiful bay with turquoise water and dropped anchor. I think almost everyone jumped in including the chef who screamed in mid air on his way in. The sandy beach looked quite inviting so Claire Ni http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-301195.html Trace and I have been reunited at last One whole week apart and I was suffering severe withdrawal. And no better place to reunite than the portside town of Split Croatia. Coming directly from chilly Northern Europe the 90 degree weather and humidity was a bit of a shock but the significantly lower prices not to mention GORGEOUS surroundings came as a welcome change. Croatia is AMAZING. Irs http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-292552.html Sunday 22nd June Today I went Sea Kayaking with 3 others to another island off Hvar called Marinkovac. Our first stop after an hour of paddling across the main channel was a little cove where we snorkelled for 45 minutes before heading over to another island called Jerolim for lunch and wine. Another hour of snorkelling at this island before heading back across the channel to Hvar. There were two http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-290312.html Saturday 21st June Today i did absolutely nothing and it was great.... I booked a lounge deck right on the beach back at The Hula Hula bar and did not move. Spoke to a girl from Adelaide Bailey who is meeting up with her friends on the Greek Islands next week. Later I had dinner at a different less expensive restuarant in a quiet side terrace in the Old Town where the soccer was on Russia http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-290031.html Friday 20th June This morning I took a catamaran at effing 6am from Korcula Island to Hvar Island and spent the afternoon on the beach. Chatted to Maria from Sweden for a while at a bar called HulaHula right by the beach which was playing some great chill out tunes. Later I had dinner at another little restuarant in a back alley before heading down to the main Placa to watch Croatia play Turk http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-289601.html In the last week I have been toMontenegro The Bay of Kotor BudvaCroatia Split Hvar countless perfect tiny uninhabited islands off the coastI have purchasedA new memory cardRather shocking amounts of Karlova269ko and Oujsko beerLots of stracciatella ice creamA oneway bus ticket to SarajevoI have developedA truly amazing tan punctuated with flashes of sunburnA new love of boatingThe begi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-288070.html Dobra Utero Good morning from Vbroska on the island of HvarFortunate for us we have been able to find some more internet connection relatively quickly compared to our previous island hideaways. We are now tucked in nice and secure against the town wharf of a little village called Vbroska which is on the north side of the Island of Hvar.As the regular blog readers know we last blogged from Kor http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-271778.html Hi all oh btw i re read last nights blog i appologise for any typos they are not spelling errors i do know how to spell the keyboards here have the z and y around the wrong way so just getting use to it doents help that i have a y in my name ARH Ok Left Split yest morn heading for the islands first stop Hvar Nice place if ur here in summer in winter it was DEAD i couldnt even http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-236105.html This is THE place which is part of my soul and bloodHere any traveller I know who came found it not only wonderful but magical.I like meditating walking with my dog sit on the rocks on the beach sit in the yoga posture and look at the sea the sky the green trees and get re energised.There is no time no clock just the nature connection.Have a look at the photos http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-224397.html Arriving in Hvar all of us still wanted to see if we could arrange accomodation together in the same house and decided to look for the people offering rooms.It seems that we didn't have to worry though on every other port here in Croatia there has always been 34 different people offering us accomodation. Upon arrival in Hvar we were literally attacked by a dozen people who wanted us to stay at http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-221419.html Well guys and gals thanks for tuning in and reading our blog.....thanks for all the messages and the contact from back home...This is our final entry from our Eastern European trip and relates to our last couple of weeks in Croatia and Slovenia. We are now at home but thought we would finish the blog as part of our memories and to complete the story. Its actually pretty depressing writing it all http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-214361.html FINALLY we found sand though you would be pressed to call it a beach since we had to risk getting wet on a cold and windy day just to touch the sand though now we have touched it and i did my beach dance.The weather has taken a turn for the worst and though it is not raining today it was yesterday and it is overcast and on the otherside of the island it is very windy. We will be back ther tom http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-213347.html Lunch at a cute cafe then we decided to hike up to the fortress we keep staring at. Our first hike with no rain In fact it was perfect weather which is good since we hiked the long way. We didn't realize there were a set of stairs to the fortress... probably would have taken us 20 mins to get their. Instead we spent a lovely 2 hours hiking around the hills not sure how to get to the fortr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-209981.html We woke up and the temperature had dropped to 42 degrees And STILL raining. We had originally planned to hike a little before going but this is just too coldwet for us so we headed out right away to go to Split. On the way stopped for a scenic picnic.We had originally planned to stay in Split over night and take the ferry to Hvar the next day but we pulled into Split so early we decided to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-209979.html Since leaving Salzburg and the COLD weather we have been to Trento Sommacampagna Verona and Venice in Italy as well as driven through about 1 hour in Slovenia and stayed in Opatija and Plitvice Lakes in Croatia... we are now in Hvar an Island in Croatia. I will post more on all of the other spots later way behind and just trying to back up pics for now.For the time being attached are some p http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-209157.html All Well I made it to the island of Hvar and back and I can say that this Island is the real deal. It is just a breathtaking island with old orangeroofed medieval buildings and a cool little fortress watching over the town from above and just the overall laid back island vibe. I was in heaven for the day. At the hostel I was staying at they were advertising for a job working the reception fo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-201480.html Hvar comma Hvar comma Croatia fullstopWe were sad that we had to finally leave Dubrovnik this morning.We travelled up the coast which was strangely not anywhere near as impressive as we had thought.One of the highlights was stopping at the bus station in Polce because we felt toilet.We were greeted by a large lesbian woman in overalls who seemed to have taken on the role of toilet policeman and ch http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-199592.html