Monthly Archives: June 2023

No tours, no plans for our day. We travel to Slovenia tomorrow so we had a relaxing day today. Before breakfast we took a walk over to see the statue of The Maiden and the Seagull, Deb wanted a photo … Continue reading →

We left at 8:30am, and headed into the centre of the Istrian peninsula to Hum, smallest city in the world. We were told that in Croatian terms, based on Grad, the Croat word for city, which is derived from the … Continue reading →

Our day got under way when our driver, Daniel – an Opatija local, picked us up at 8 :30am and we headed off to Pula at the southern end of the Istria peninsula. Along the way Daniel gave us a … Continue reading →

We were picked up a bit before 9am by our driver, Mario, for our transfer from Plitvice to Opatija. He loves to chat thankfully that stopped after a while, we enjoy our peace. But I get ahead of myself, yesterday … Continue reading →

We were on the “Train” bus to the Western end of the Upper Lakes and the start of our walk at 8:15am. We had an early start to try and beat the crowds. It mostly worked. Number of Views :222

Who would have guessed it, a quiet, slow start to our day, well maybe not that slow. We were picked up at about 9am and headed out to Plitvice Lakes, and our commune with nature. From our understanding the Plitvice … Continue reading →

You guessed it, another slow start and an equally easy day. We headed off this morning to see the Green Market and the Fish Market. The Green Market is 5 minutes from our hotel and is an area filled by … Continue reading →

We were collected from our hotel at around 9:45am and taken down into Hvar. We walked from the carpark to the area on the wharf where the ferries come and go. It’s always a mystery how the system works, no … Continue reading →

Deb had an early start to our day. Did anyone catch her sunrise pics? We had a plan, after a strenuous days sailing yesterday (lazing around all day really does take it out of you) we thought we would take … Continue reading →