Blogs from Croatia, Europe - page 178

We have been a little lazy and have not kept out travel blog up to date so have decide to offer you just pictures for now and start doing the blog straight after our trips so that we remember. The photo's you are about to see are from - Croatia, Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Berlin and Munich. It was a quick tour we did while Jacqui was here back in September.... read more

From Budapest we flew directly to Split Croatia. We spent one amazingly hot night in Split before heading out to the islands. We stayed in a room with a Croatian family not far from the water and after quickly realizing how much it cost to stay in Croatia we managed to pick some cheap camping gear for the rest of our trip. We had a swim at a nice beach a kilometer or so from Split in the afternoon and enormous pizza slices for tea. We explored Diocletian’s Palace in the evening and wandered the small atmospheric streets. On the island of Hvar (Havar) we avoided the tourist overrun town of Hvar and camped a few nights in the village of Stari Grad. It was a beautiful old little port town with rocky beaches and a ... read more

...this travelblogs visual journey sort of started with Croatian visit. I was saying farewell to my parents, before riding into a sunrise...I visited my family again to re-enrol into "normal" (ha! ?) flow. Most people I have had a chance to re-hug have noted that a year has gone sooooo quickly. Never mind, I can feel another one coming... Well, if you travel over a ball you are bound to get beck where you started, I suppose. Especially if the road has deep channels from previous uses. Unless there is a whole in the ball, or you fall off, or there is some sort of glue...or you find a way of changing dimensions. After few weeks back in London and finally starting to feel that there are too many threads dangling around, as well as danger ... 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

When looking at most holiday brochures I cynically assume that they’ve had the photoshop face lift. The sea has been made that bit more sparking blue, the ugly building site has been conveniently erased and the gravel beach has suddenly become Barbados. However, I’m pleased to say that Dubrovnik certainly doesn’t need such cosmetic enhancements. We arrived to a perfect sunny day that was more June than October. The coast line reveled many pretty villages of white washed buildings with terracotta tiled roofs. Dubrovnik itself has a fairy tale quality with fortress walls that encircle the town and harbor like protective arms. Colorful fishing boats bob in the bay and cobbled streets twist and turn with lazy cats asleep in every door way. But such a picture perfect paradise hasn’t gone unnoticed by the tourist hoards. ... read more