Blogs from Croatia, Europe - page 186

HRVATSKI HOSPITALITY PICTURES TO FOLLOW WHENEVER WE GET TO A MODERN COMPUTER!....... After 36 consecutive hours of travel (thats a 6 hour jaunt from Nice to Milan, a 3 hour hop to Venice, a 7 hour overnight scoot to Zagreb, a 5 hour shuffle to Split, concluded by a 4 hour shimmy to Dubrovnik), we were picked up at the bus station by the proprietor of "Rooms Antovnic", a 72 year old Croatian woman named Katie. Still in a daze from our trip, Katie used the few English phrases she knew to manuever us onto the public bus and take us to her establishment just outside the old town city walls. As we were walking toward Katies guesthouse(a charming, signless 150+ year old building that once served as an orphanage) she was quick to point out ... read more

We set sail from the small bay to visit more islands. Anchored in a blue bay with a small beach and only a handful of houses, we stopped for lunch after taking in 2-3 hours of sun. Lunch and brief swimming and then back to resting. But the anchor lost its grip on the sea floor and we drifted. Suddenly the waves began to rock the boat and we all sat in the back deck holding on so as not to be thrown off. Sara wanted to go sit on the trampoline and almost had me convinced. But with a full stomach I couldn’t talk myself into the inevitable sea sickness it would cause, so we didn’t go. Thank goodness because it got rougher until we set up the sails. I had no idea that the ... read more

August 4, 2007 Croatia - A Vacation from our Vacation!! After 6 weeks of travel we were getting weary. We needed a vacation from our vacation. Aunt Debbie has a co-worker, Srjan, who owns a charming B&B in Makarska, Croatia on the Dalmatian coast. We were able to find a week that he had free to spend on the beach. It couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. After we left Plitvice National Park we headed for Split, Croatia. It was a short drive and we had gotten into the whole routine…arrive in town…park the car…get a map...orient to the town…find lodging… have fun! Well….that was June and July and now it was August in Europe when pretty much everyone in France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, Austria, and Great Britain go on vacation. Split ... read more

Croatia Once again we had the fantastic opportunity of going to Croatia on our summer holidays, this time with Emma and Stephen. Differently from last year the weather was really nice throughout our stay and we have enjoyed every minute of it. Feel free to check out our photos. ... read more

First of all a quick aside: my camera broke in Slovenia so none of the usual arty photography attempts for the next two blogs. I have to thank Dawn and Sara for these pictures. Right, I first heard about Pag Island a few years ago. A party island that not too many people know about, especially not in the UK, sounded very appealing. I expected it would be a bit like Ios, the Greek party island, that again very few Brits have heard of seeing as no package tour operators go there. It isn’t like Ios. There aren’t the packed little bars and cobbled squares full of dancing backpackers. And the guidebook writers that make comparisons between Pag and Ibiza have obviously never been to Ibiza. To be brutally honest, Pag is crap. Well that’s not ... read more