Anda Novalja

... puste!

A przed nami Zadar, miasto piekne, czyste, zadbane niesamowicie - w kazdym razie STAROWKA. Wyczuwa sie tu wloskie wplywy, ale to nic dziwnego: miasto bylo podlegle Wenecji dlugie lata.
Chociaz z tym numero uno roznie: Krzysia /to ja..to ja / - Zadar. Inni? A to... Kotor, a to.... Dubrownik, a to... laba w Prapratno! Wszystko piekne, po prostu :)
Zadar, Zadarska, Croatia matti5d

... in various wars and that's what actually saved the campanile (I can use big words, too). When construction picked up again the soil had compacted some and the bright engineers decided to build the upper floors with one side taller than the other to compensate for the leaning. Smart idea I guess because it hasn't collapsed yet. The tower was closed until recently so modern day engineers could stabilize it.

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La sortie en bateau nous a tanné la peau et iodé le cerveau, nous sommes en pleine forme pour un nouveau tour dans Zadar.

La vite de Zadar "by night" est encore plus fantastique que la veille. De plus nous sommes samedi soir et ça se voit : les rues et les terrasses sont bondées.

Première mission : manger une grosse glace ...

... le suivre. Mauvais plan : la maison se trouve beaucoup trop loin du centre, la chambre se compose de 2 lits de camps, pas de portes, une salle de bain douteuse... fuyons! Nous mettons 30 minutes à faire le chemin du retour.

De retour dans le centre, une agence nous indique une adresse vers la marina. Rebelotte, 15 minutes de marche. Nous atterrissons dans un quartier peu reluisant et les informations écrites ...

Great little place to relax, with plenty of beaches (topless, nude or otherwise), hiking, boating and more. Heavily touristed by northern Europeans, with lots and lots of skin on the beaches and boats, and a very interesting medieval town made for wandering tourists.

... corners of the globe. So far Croatia is a great place to be, the only thing i'm wondering is if there are any Germans left in their country as every second car is from Germany. At the moment we are back in Birmingham due to a member of family being ill (well thats our excuse, nothing to do with the final of The Apprentice or the Euro finals ............come on Croatia!!!) We will be re-united with Banksy on Saturday

... fun and more flexible if you organise it yourself. Re-exerting our independence, the next day we caught a ferry to Ugljan with the plan to hire bikes and swim. The Rough Guide to Croatia states that coming off the ferry turn left and walk to the island's main town, Preko. Reaching Preko, a 10 minute walk along the coast, and a sleepy place with only one open bar, we accidentally stumbled across the information office (where ...

... but clearly suffering from the effects of mass tourism. Sandy beaches were littered with tampons and fag ends while secluded coves were packed with Europe's elite showing off their speedboats. Krk was less touristy and the narrow winding back streets of Baska were particularly pleasant and aided our recovery from the festival. We took a day trip to Vela Luka where the snorkeling was amazing. I returned from the water with a pocket full of shells from the sea floor ...

We arrived in Zadar after travelling through many hills and rivers, all very pretty to look at through the coach window. In Zadar many of the buildings are terracotta coloured and in the old town the streets were all cobbled, making it a lovely place to wander round. Unfortunatley the heat was very extreme and we moved from shade to shade, unable to stand in the sun for too long. We had our first taste of croatian ice cream, which was very creamy and ...

... the sheer beauty.. it felt otherwordly .. and i was dissapointed because the photos I took do not do these amazing lakes justice. After the complete walk around the lakes and the bus back, I eventually caught the coach onto Zadar, arriving late at night. I found the bus stop and a japanese couple were waiting for the same bus to the hostel somewhere out of town. The next day I traveled into town, unsure if i would stay another day ...