Blogs from Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

“It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage; perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about travelling.” - Gustavo Flaubert Greetings from Split - we can’t believe that tonight is our last night in Croatia! We are back in Hotel Slavija in Split, where we booked an additional night, in a very lovely room with a little stone balcony. We just shared a beer on our balcony 😀. We also found out that breakfast is included tomorrow morning - bonus! We had a really enjoyable day today travelling from Šibenik to Trogir, then on to Split. We had a leisurely morning, and hauled our suitcases to the bus depot (it was a lot easier going down the stairs and down ... read more

Our next stop was at anchor in a well protected bay at the village of Vinisce. We had heard from others that it had God holding with the bonus of have a couple of small grocery stores and a bus that goes to the nearby town of Trogir. When we went to shore very conveniently right across the road there was a sign for the tourist information office. They had a bus schedule to Trogir already printed up to hand out so think it must be a common question for them. We had thought of going to Trogir when we left Split but decided to bypass it to head a little farther up the coast. This works out well in that we have a safe place for the boat and we can get to Trogir via ... read more

In Gauting herrscht Trockenheit und der Wetterbericht ist auch für die kommenden Tage gnadenlos gut. Ich habe strenge Befehle erlassen, dass gegossen werden muss.....(Das mach ich immer. Das Ergebnis.....) Jedenfalls konnte ich meinen Augen nicht trauen als es in der Früh fest geregnet hat. Paul war ganz kleinlaut. Und bis zum frühen Nachmittag änderte sich daran nichts. Am Regen , meine ich. Gute Bergstrecke mit Kurven und Dolinen und Poljes und kaum Sicht wegen tiefer Wolken und Regen. Der Nachmittag war trocken aber es ging sehr starker Wind, so dass Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkungen auf 80 kmh waren. Trogir wäre ohne Touristen zauberhaft. Gibt es da mehr ATMs als Einwohner in der Altstadt? Ich bin fast sicher.... read more

This morning I was woken around 6:30 thanks to the noises coming from the room next door. Eventually got out of bed, showered and headed down to the restaurant for breakfast. It was lovely sitting in the outdoor terrace to have my breakfast, which is included in the booking. At 8:30 I went to the reception area to meet our tour leader, Melinda, and the rest of the tour group. There are 14 other people on this tour and they are all couples and older than me, which seems to be common on these tours. Most of them are Aussies although there is a couple from Atlanta in the US and a couple from New Zealand. At 9am we met our local guide, Ana, and proceeded on our walking tour of Trogir. It was very interesting ... read more

Kim enjoyed her specially cooked GF breakfast this morning, as I did mine. We had a bit of a lazy morning, as the weather wasn’t great, and our boat trip to Split wasn’t due to depart until 11.15am. When we arrived at the Ferry Terminal, there was a sign there saying that the ferry would not be running today due to the weather. We trudged back to the apartment, picked up the car keys, and headed for Split. As a detour, we decided to take the coast road to Split via Kastela. The "town" of Kastela is actually composed ofseven coastal villages built around 15th and 16th-century castles. At the time, wealthy families in Split felt greatly threatened by the march of the Ottoman Turks into Europe. One by one, they filed into Kastela Bay and ... read more