Category: Croatia

September 6, 2017 / / Croatia

The northern approach to Split from Trogir presents the traveller with a wall of concrete high rise blocks, added to which is wall to wall graffiti at their bases. It’s a depressing sight and makes you wonder why you’ve come.…

September 3, 2017 / / Croatia

It had been raining heavily all night and looked set to continue so, at breakfast, Rachel tried to cheer me up with her breakfast buns: I’m sure you’ll agree that they’re magnificent and likely to brighten up any occasion but,…

September 1, 2017 / / Croatia

Although we were staying very near to Pula we had not ventured into its centre, so before leaving Istria for Northern Dalmatia we headed for what was once a hub of Roman activity with the promise of some great Roman…

August 30, 2017 / / Croatia

We left Zagreb at 8am and it took 30 minutes to exit the city – so much for Zagreb being quiet! But it was the Monday morning rush hour after all. The journey south-west was a little monotonous if we…

August 25, 2017 / / Croatia

The drive from the airport was quick, easy and quiet and within twenty minutes or so we had arrived at our first destination – Croatia’s capital city, Zagreb. It always takes time to get used to a new capital city…