Blogs from Croatia, Europe - page 24

Tak lea opusta dom uz okolo 6.30. Ide na pohovor. Mensia rozlucka a pokracovanie v spanku. Na moje prekvapenie ju jonas nesiel odprevadit na metro. Ona jeho sla vzdy, dokonca vcera ho bola aj vyzdvihnut. Na ranajky som si dal zdravy chleba s medom a olivovou natierkou. Sprcha, zbalenie, rozlucka s jonasom a smer obchod coop pri metre. Kupa 3croasantov, suchare a voda. V metre si nebolo kde sadnut tak som si postal zhruba 15.min. Z ludi v metre som mal divny pocit. Ziadne emocie, celkovo taky chlad. Jak roboti. Horse nez v japonsku. Par ludi citalo knihy, niektory pocuvali hudbu. Akurat zaujala jedna baba, ta sa furt usmievala. Neviem ci pocuvala nieco zabavne abo co. Mimochodom svedka to nebola, aziatka. Na tcentrale podla znacenia smer bus terminal. Tu kupa hotdogu. Som si tam riadne nakydal ... read more

Slow start to today as I enjoyed not being on tour and my new apartment. I had booked a tour for this morning that was a 3 hour walking tour covering history and Game of Thrones locations. I met my local guide Jelena at 10am at the Plocë Gate, after a quick coffee nearby. There were only 8 of us in the group so it was really great and personal. Jelena spoke really well and knew her stuff - I actually learnt a lot from her about the history. Old Dennis may have told us the same info but who knows! The tour started on the Plocé Gate, which was used in GoT as the walk of shame location. We then went into the old city and she explained about many of the famous landmarks and ... read more

We all met in the lobby of our hotel at 9am to walk to our bus and head into the old city of Dubrovnik. Once we arrived at the Pilé Gate, we met our local guide Dennis (yep, food Croatian name!),. It was crazy there as there were huge groups of tourists off cruise ships. Dennis told us that there was one day a few years ago where they had over 16,000 visitors into the old city, which isn't really big enough for that to be an enjoyable experience for anyone! UNESCO got involved and recommended they restrict the number to 8,000, which they have done but I believe they will reduce it further next year to 5,000. They will also control how many cruise ships can come into port on any one day. Of course ... read more

Happy birthday Julie ❤️ No plans today so woke when I woke and went down to breakfast around 9:30. After breakfast I decided to walk along the coast until I could find a nice beach and just hang out. The weather was very pleasant today, sunny and warm without any humidity. I walked past many interesting little spots that looked tempting to dive into - the water was crystal clear, blue green and inviting! This part of the world had the cleanest water of anywhere. I ended up walking about 4kms when I decided to stop at a little beach bar called Korcula Hill Beach Club but there was no one there and it was shut. I made myself comfortable on the 'sand' (which was in fact little stones) and enjoyed laying in the sun for ... read more

There is one thing we really enjoyed while in dubrovnik, it was enjoying the sunset and our nights out. We have found a couple of nice bars and one restaurant worth mentionning. If you are looking for a nice view point to enjoy the sunset, then I would propose one of those two locations: Bard bar ou Buza bar. The two are fairly crowded at that time of the day, so come early or be lucky to find a nice seat. And yet they are not so easily spotted. You have to go through a tiny gate from inside the city walls to find yourself at the foot of it. Just grand! The atmosphere in both is great but Bard is a bit more fancy, serving nice cocktails while Buza is a bit more rough serving ... read more