Blogs from Croatia, Europe - page 176

Hello from Trogir (Just north of Split) Tuesday the 15th of April. Well I am sitting in my nice warm saloon with the heater running, nice hot cup of coffee, Debsy is tucked up in bed with her coffee and her book and the girls are sound asleep and it is ten past nine in the morning. Any idea what the weather might be like outside?? Listen intently and you can hear the wind howling through the rigging and the sound of rain falling onto the deck, if you try hard you might also feel the boat rocking beneath you. All in all, not one of the nicest mornings we have had. Being very fair though, we are looking out over the very famous town of Trogir, a UNESCO World Heritage Listed site, but more of ... read more

Croatia's reputation as a summer playground may be growing, but it is also a fine destination out of season, when you can visit its wonderful attractions in splendid isolation. Wandering around the sleepy hilltop towns of Istria or the beautiful Diocletian's Palace in Split can be much more rewarding away from the push and shove of the tourist crowds. Dubrovnik in November was warm and pleasantly sunny, while it was peaceful too. No jostling for position on the city walls, no waiting for a table outside the cafes in the old town. So the days may be shorter and you'd be well advised to take a coat but you'll have time to soak up the views of the Adriatic and space to admire the Venetian architecture. The highlight of an out-of-season trip to Croatia has to ... read more

Dobra Dan, (Hello) from Dubrovnik, Well at the moment it is 6.00pm on Thursday night, the 3rd of April. Sad to say the weather has taken a turn for the worst and it is a bit cold and rather wet outside, perfect hot chocolate weather for Debsy though so I guess every Croatian cloud has a calorie lining! Thought I would do a little blog update before we head north tomorrow and get on board our new home for the next 5 weeks, our yacht, ‘Paulina’. Not sure when we will get the opportunity again to say hello and let you know what we have been up to whilst we are sailing the Adriatic sea. Well after all of the excessive celebrations of our wedding anniversary it was time to let life settle down and after ... read more

There was a time when I was happy to touch down in a country with only a pack full of dirty clothes, a box full of wine, a smile and a willingness to sleep on the street. I would trust in the kindness of strangers and usually find myself in cheap, substandard accommodation. This style of travelling generally made for good stories, as it led to nights in mud huts, brothels and scary guesthouses; it also managed to get me onto a hijacked bus, get beat up in a bar in Singapore’s little India and be felt up by a Christian Fundamentalist on Australia’s East coast. Somewhere along the line I changed my ways and became obsessed with the most intricate details of my next trip. When I am not travelling I am planning to travel; ... read more

Hokey cokey here we go again. Firstly if you start getting z's where y's should be - my apologies as they are in different places on this keyboard, and for a touch typist that's not so good!!! So we left Gloucester and headed down to Dover and caught the 6.00pmish crossing. Nothing eventful to report on that front at all! We headed up the coast toward Oostende and then basically turned right and headed towards Dortmund. David took on the driving to start with whilst I navigated which wasn't overlz difficult!!! On making our right turn towards Dortmund we started to get snow. And it continued snowing, but despite the snow depth getting more the roads remained absolutley clear and we had no problems whatsoever! We pulled in at one the exceptionally frequent laybys and put ... read more