Blogs from Split, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 25

took the bus from Zagreb to Split. got to split in the evening around 7 or somthin and went to find the hostel.. which woulda been a lot easier if the map in the lonely planet was wrong after walkin around for a while i asked a croation lady if she new where this street was.. in lonely planet it is one of the main streets on the maps but it was nothin but a little side street, the croation lady took me to the street but the hostel was either closed or no one was answering... with no idea wat i was doin i went back to the bus station to see if anyone else was hangin around.. there was the usual apartment people but i didnt want an apartment or private room.. so i ... read more

I was sorely dissapointed, waking up to drizzling rain and overcast skies as the train arrived in Split. But my patience was rewarded as two days later the sun came over the crystal turquoise waters of the Adriatic, which I was quick to advantage of. As it was originally a Roman settlement, Split has an amazing old town, which I spent much of my time wandering and half-intentionally getting lost in its narrow marble alleyways. Hvar Island, which gets more hours of sunshine a year than any other spot in Croatia is a big party island in the summer, but a bit dead this time of year. But a nice place to hang out and relax in the sun. I hung out with a nice young Israeli couple I met, Uri and Tamar, that insisted on ... read more

So I just returned from Kasjuni beach. Awesome place. Hiked up through the hills, stopped at a firestation and asked two guys there who seemed to be checking out some porn for directions. Then went down this rather trecherous path and stumbled upon this tiny little yellow church with a ton of candles lit in it and a small bell on top. Eventually found my way down this path constantly jumping from rock to rock in order to evade any landmines left over from the war. Got down, beautiful bay. Plonked myself down on the beach to only be surrounded within five minutes by three scantily clad elderly Croatian men with rather alarmingly large packages(hey i was not looking but when these guys wear their lolly pouches you have no choice) Went for a dip, lay ... read more

Hello all, We we´ve arrived in Croatia about an hour ago, and have time to kill between Zagreb and our connecting train to Split. Well since the lst blog we´ve been very busy...had a couple of nights in Rome, meet up with a cool couple from Canada, who guided us to the hostel based 5 minutes away from the Vatacan city. We spend two nights there, did St Peterś and collaseum in one day. The weathers not been great so just taken the option to just keep moving. I will fill the rest of the details in later, but heres a quick run down of the other places in Italy we´ve visited; Pisa - Just spent an hour or two there, did the sights and left. Florence - Spent todays there in maybe the best hostel ... read more

I feel I owe Split to write a few words. I had really been looking forward to staying here and I had heard that there where good options for a cheap room in private accomondation. I am amazed by the beauty of Croatia's next largest city. It surely deserves to be on the UNESCO-list. The inner city with Diocletian's Palace is remarkable. But still I feel sad about being here. Some might have to do with the fact that most of the inner city is being renovated. You can't even view the golden gate and the palace is also covered with wood and plastic. But it also and maybe even more relate to all the poor people you meet. Only few are begging for money and for the blind eye it can therefor seem as a ... read more