Blogs from Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 107

Hello Everyone, Just a very quick hello to say we are now on the boat, had a long but enjoyable bus trip yesterday and arrived late last night. Spent the night on the boat and the day going into the markets and provisioning her. The boat is beautiful. We are heading out into the Kornati Island group which is very remote and very few,if any facilities so it might be a few days before we get a chance to do a big blog!!!. We have our crew caps courtesy of Lloyd, Angelic, Rubes and Phoebe as well as our special Pirate boarding party suit courtesy of Mick, Trace, Herb, Di & Laurie so we have most bases covered. We are also flying the aussie flag and listening to John Williamson!!! Catch you all soon. Lots of ... read more

Hello everyone, just a very, very short blog to send our congratulations to some sporting greats of Coffs Harbour that we have heard about since we have been away!!! Firstly Britt Ainsworth has been selected in the NSW Under 16 Basketball Team - Congratulations Britt, exceptional result and we send you our best wishes for a brilliant future. Jordy Black has been chosen in the Northern N.S.W PSSA Basketball team, well done Jordy, you too seem destined to a great future in a sport you are excelling in. Last but not least, the brilliant crew of 'Nina' the Beneteau 41 has won the Coffs Harbour Yacht Club 2007-2008 Offshore Series today (Thursday). Skippered brilliantly by Chris Stratton, Nina and her crew held on to win the series for a 2nd year in a row by the ... read more

Saturday the 29th of March Goodbye to Germany and Hello to Croatia Well after a very memorable night in the home of Martin and Gisela it was time to get packing and get going off to Cologne. Cologne is a large city about 400 klms north, north west of Nurnberg and we had booked train tickets to get there from Nurnberg. The reason we are going to Cologne is that we had found relatively cheap airline tickets on the net from Cologne to Dubrovnik; in fact they were about a third of the next best price we could get from any other airline. We knew nothing about the airline called German wings except they started their flights very early, our flight out was at 5.45am!! Of interest was that we were advised that check ins commenced ... read more

This is THE place which is part of my soul and blood!! Here 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... read more

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 as we sort of want to still be away....its wierd being home and not having to worry about our next place to stay, or buying in for the day or looking for dogs/randoms to avoid!! Croatia started as Montenegro finished, cracking scenery and coastal roads with mountains down to the sea, and all the towns had a "stari grad" (old town), walled, with narrow ... read more