Apartments Badoljo Hvar

... day and the first day I've worn thongs since Bruges!!!!<br>Walked to the beach and waded in the water but too cold to go swimming.<br>Went to Fife for dinner which was recommended by Peter from the hostel and also the barman on Friday night as the best place in town to get good local food at local prices.<br>Had an awesome meal of Sarma (mince wrapped in cabbage leaves) and Fozol - bean and ham dish.<br><br>Sunday went to market ...

... know I DON&#8217;T LIKE insects, bugs, etc. So bees and leeches- no thanks.<br><br>We spent the rest of the evening strolling around town and then had pizza at a little café. (I&#8217;ve never seen so many pizza places as I have in Croatia.) <br><br>We woke up the next morning and walked over to the bus station and caught a bus to another part of the island. It&#8217;s a nice beachy area called Lombarda. When we got off the bus at Lombarda&#8217;s &#8220 ...

We were really excited to finally get to a Croatian island. We took a ferry from Split to the island of Hvar. It's a really small island where pretty much the only thing to do there is go to the beach. We didn&#8217;t have a place to stay booked because we knew about the "sobes." They are apartments locals rent out to tourists for really good deals (especially in October when it&#8217;s on the border of shoulder season and off season). The second ...

... 5 Kiwis and 1 Englishman. First order of the day ... beer .. yes beer - they have a bar onboard so all you do is order your drink and say what room number. Dangerous yes, because you just build up your tab slowly. Well the first few beers went down well. We all mingled over lunch and couple more drinks. <br><br>Stopping at our first swimming stop we all were full of excitement. Couple of the boys just jumped straight in as soon as the anchor was dumped. Being the first stop, we ...

... it reminds us more of, Italy or Morocco. It is a labyrinth of winding alleys curving around medieval stone walls topped by a Venetian fortress, which by the way is well worth the walk up too. It has 13th century palaces and marble paved streets that are friendly to the pedestrian as they are traffic free, maybe not in the rain as they are slippery even when dry. Apart from the 2724 hours of sunshine it receives each year, the fact ...

From the get go, our Hvar adventure was pretty full on. We decided to go with the cheaper and faster option to get out here which was a Quick Cat ferry but on our last day in Split, the weather had turned grey and windy. Our journey to the island was reminiscent of an old family holiday out to Great Barrier Island (remember that?!) and before too long, poor Ian was looking a wee bit green around the gills ...

*dusts off the computer* Well hello there travelpodders! Since nobody had emailed me asking where my entries are, I can only assume you're not enjoying them. However, that's too bad because I'm doing another one! So last weekend was a long one for us here, and I spent it in sunny Croatia with Marxie (Martin and Lexie) I woke up at 2am on Saturday morning and, looking at the cold dark night outside, felt much less ...

... but there are a lot of activities involved and we will get to see a lot and lunch is provided. We first head off to Vis island, which is some distance away and we make the acquaintance of some people we will hang around with for most of the day - Jim, a retired policeman, and his partner, Chris, both from Melbourne. They are enjoying the retired life, travelling as often as they can around the world. Jim is an old-fashioned type of Australian man ...

... having driven for over 2 hours!) and we decided to drive back into a harbour l had driven into about 40 minutes earlier. We anchored (which was a funny task in itself as we really had no idea what we were doing) and tied up our little boat up and sopping with water we were all glad to get off the thing and be on dry and solid land! We were about to walk in pursuit of this sandy beach we had been told about, only to discover upon asking some sunbakers to discover ...

... and boring do not go to a new town with the same name but with a preceding word meaning "little". This is what we did and took a bus to Mali (little) Ston. Its sole attractions are two expensive, highly-regarded seafood restaurants. We scanned the cheapest items and ordered. Here we also had the displeasure of sitting next to a table full of Americans.1 A large one (they always are) was broadcasting in a large loud voice the nature of taxes and ...