Blogs from Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 39

We'd been looking forward to coming to Dubrovnik for a while now to chill out - had planned to enjoy the sun, take a dip in the ocean, and Luke had his heart set on spending some quality time with the barman at the swim-up-bar at our hotel. Unfortunately, someone forgot to inform mother nature!! Bitch!! The first few days started pretty crappy, continuous rain and grey skies, but then cleared in the afternoon - so we shouldn't complain too much. We visited the charming town of Dubrovnik (into the old city) every evening for dinner - the food at our hotel is ridiculously overpriced - and even found the waiter who served Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas (according to a pic in a Croatian mag!!) Today was the first day of nothing but sunshine - ... read more

Thanks to the clever guy, Ali, at TravelBlog who's just written a TravelBlog application for Facebook, I've been able to link my two accounts so you should get my latest updates on Facebook if you're not already a subscriber to our TravelBlog . If you're resisting Facebook (wise person) you can subscribe to my TravelBlog account by clicking on 'subscribe' near the top right of the page. Then you'll get an email each time I update the blog. Ok. Well the 76 photos I’ve uploaded might give you some idea of how much we loved Croatia - and of just how many beautiful shots there were. It’s taken me 3 hours to upload the pics - and that doesn’t count the time I took to ‘shortlist’ & resize them from the 465 pictures which maxed out ... read more

Well, we finally headed off for our honeymoon 6 weeks after the big day!! But it was well worth the wait....Dubrovnik, Croatia really blew us away. Having a fantastic apartment with a sensational view really helped! Our 'Angelic Apartment' was no more than a 10 minute walk into the Old Town, and even closer to the beach - perfect! Plus, we had a huge terrace that overlooked the water and the Old Town....and here we sipped wine & beer well into the twilight before heading into town for a seafood dinner. The days we spent lazing on the beach in the morning, before wandering into town for lunch and exploring. On one of the days we went sea kayaking out to the nearby island, Lokrum, where we had lunch and went snorkelling in small rock cove. ... read more

Up with the squirrels and off to Gatwick! A maze of tubes and trains masterfully conquered by our intrepid travellers and then off over France and Austria, down the Adriatic coast for a touchdown at Dubrovnik. Initial concerns at the lack of a map, and the total lack of assistance by the Sixt rental outlet to even show us where our car was hiding (eventually we caught it after taking our trundell bags down the main highway) led to total disaster, mayhem and trauma, (on my part) trying to come to grips with a manual transmission in a right-hand drive Skoda in Dubrovnik rush hour. Needless to say, we got hopelessly lost, and I got hopelessly hopeless. After 3 hours, we managed to travel the required 44 kms to our new home, Apartments Stankovich. Fortunately our ... read more

Dopo un bellssimo viaggio in autobus (bellissimo perchè con aria condizionata e con un paesaggio mozzafiato) arriviamo a Ragusa. E ora direte voi: ma ke ca**o ci fate a RAGUSA?!?!?! E si! Dubrovnik si chiamava anticamente Ragusa. Non sappiamo se è una coincidenza, ma all'arrivo nella Stari Grad(città vecchia) notiamo molte similitudini con la nostra Ragusa: le chiese le piazze, l'archittetura baroccheggiante sa molto di Ibla, il che ci incuriosisce(al ritorno abbiamo deciso di informarci su questa cosa). Finalmente ci concediamo il tanto sognato pranzetto di pesce (finora siamo stati carnivori) visto che è l'ultimo giorno e vogliamo chiudere con un bel pranzetto. Il pranzo è super! (I prezzi un pò meno anche se rispetto all'Italia rimane sempre conveniente) Polipo e aragosta(una fettina di aragosta diviso 2 beninteso!), gamberi con ananas e radicchio, calamari fritti con ... read more