Blogs from Porec, Istria, Croatia, Europe

We left the comfort of an island after paying up our hosts at Padova III. It had been a quiet night with no sounds bar the sound of the sea. We programmed the sat nag to take us back the 25 minutes ride to the ferry with the thought that we would catch the 8.45. We got to the ferry stop and the boat was in. Well a boat was in but it couldnt possibly be ours as ours was not due for an hour. The doors were open , cars and lorries were loaded . It was ours or at least it would be if I could buy the tickets. The one ticket office had one customer. A croatian taxi driver who had parked up a little way up the road and was in the ... read more

The ferry ride from Brindisi Italy to Albania took 6 hours, we boarded the ferry and around 10 in the evening. We were so lucky to score 4 seats each and bunked down, I feel asleep straight away although Glen said it was 12 before the ferry left port. I woke around 5am just in time for the sunrise over the Adriatic Sea as we sailed into Albania. We had read that it was best to get a cabin as not to be harassed or leered at by strange men however we found the family's were in the same area and once the kids had settled from the excitement we were comfortable. Our next obstacle was that once you had disembarked from the ferry you were then harassed by Albanians for car insurance. But our first ... read more

Geo: 45.2296, 13.6088 GÜN 19 GÜNLERDEN PAZARTESİ: Sabah uyandığımda burada kalmamaya karar verdim.. bir kere internet yok ikincisi Rovinj'i dün ziyaret ettim. İki günlük görülecek bir şey yok orada… Porec' e gideyim dedim ..8:20 de hesabımı kapattım. MIO (GPS) ya sığınarak yola çıktım… Otoban a sadece 6 kuna ödeyerek Porec' e geldim. Ne var ki orada yaptığım soruşturmada, kampın şehrin dışında olduğunu söylediler … Meğerse, kamp "Lanterna" denilen bir yerde imiş.. Lanterna, Porec'in Kuzeyinde yer alıyor.. Yollar çok kalabalık .....meğerse bugün de tatilmiş .. Ne kadar çok tatilleri var … Kampım artık büyüklük sınırlarını zorluyor .....neredeyse kasaba büyüklüğünde… Yerimi buldum ve dönüp yönetim binasında girişimi yaptırdım.. Buralarda moda böyle … Önce yerini netleştiriyorsun, sonra gelip... read more

1. Baredine Cave - near Porec, next to Nova Vas. The cave has five halls and there are underground lakes with the depth of up to 33 m located underneath the fourth hall. The temperature of the cave is 14 degrees throughout the whole year. 2.Festinsko kraljevstvo Cave - near the village of Festini in the vicinity of Zminj. The inner part of the cave is decorated with safe trails which are approximately one hundred meters long and it is at every visitor’s disposal. 3.Biserujka Cave - it is located near Rudine or above the Slivanjska Bay on the island of Krk . With its length of around 110 m and the size of its underground area, the inner part of the cave thrills the visitors with the interesting deposited forms as well. The temperature in ... read more

Geo: 45.1977, 13.5439Caught the bus here and visited the UNESCO world heritage church.... read more