Blogs from Croatia, Europe - page 155

Unfortunately, this entry can't contain photos, because I'm currently in an internet cafe that doesn't have the USB cable I need to upload the tons of pictures I have taken over the past week. Stay tuned for a blog post that features exclusively photos of Croatia, Italy, and Switzerland. Anyway, as part of a way of enhancing our knowledge as world travelers, the staff at Kasteel Well took all 85 of us "castle dwellers" to Croatia, starting on the 9th of October (my birthday! By the by, thanks to all you kind people who wished me happy birthday. It was much appreciated). A day of travel is not the best birthday present one can receive, but I sucked it up, like I am inclined to do, and a bus ride to Cologne, Germany and a flight ... read more

There, that got your attention, didn’t it! Honestly, officer, it wasn’t us. It was that immoral young couple over there - it’s far too chilly for old folks like us, and lets be honest, it’s not that good a look any more! Cloudless blue skies and crystal clear blue water - could anyone ask for any more? Our incredible luck with the weather continues to hold, with the only rain on the whole trip being a couple of overnight showers in Russia, and rain as we drove to the airport in Budapest. While it has been totally clear, temperatures have probably been only in the mid-20s, so it has been pleasant to stroll around without getting fried. It has been an interesting progressive transition from Russia to Hungary to Croatia. In the former, we were on ... read more

So tomorrow we leave for Croatia... We'll be in Split for two days, and Dubrovnik for two days, before we leave for Vienna and Prague. We'll be returning on October 20th. Chances are I wont have any internet access, so goodbye for now!... read more

Zadar - city with 2 of the coolest things in Europe - the Sea Organ and the Sun Disk. These 2 things lift Zadar from being just another lovely Croatian coastal town to being a special place in my memory. Our first stop was coffee for me, a gallery for the guys then off to centre of happiness - the Sea Organ. Outside the old town on the sea front they have build a series of pipes into the waterfront so that the in and out of the waves create sounds along the waterfront. It's a wonderfully relaxing place to sit and spend an hour or 2. For us that meant sitting, talking and acting the goat. We had a mini exercise session, which I ran ... yes I know ... not the biggest advocate of ... read more

DAY 5 - DUBROVNIK Woke up ridiculously early again this morning because the church bells were really loud. Basically veged around for a few hours before packing and moving to an alternative hostel in Lapad, outside the old city. Quite a few people staying at the hostel, which was more of a guesthouse, although seem to be excessive amounts of Americans. Didnt do much really given how much I had sqeezed into the previous days. Went for a very very long walk (6km return which I shouldnt have done in thongs (flip flops) on hindsight) all the way up to President Dubrovnik Hotel at the far end. Veged on the beach for a while but it was slightly too chilly to go swimming. For dinner wandered down to the beach again and then had some drinks ... read more