Apartments Johnny Podstrana

... day and the first day I've worn thongs since Bruges!!!!
Walked to the beach and waded in the water but too cold to go swimming.
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.
Had an awesome meal of Sarma (mince wrapped in cabbage leaves) and Fozol - bean and ham dish.

Sunday went to market ...

... with him quite a bit to get him back to the price we thought we were getting. In the end, it worked out and we had a 3-bedroom apartment with a really beautiful view all to ourselves for 480 Kuna altogether (that’s only $16 each a night which is really cheap in Europe). We got settled in just in time for sunset, took some pretty pictures from our lanai, and then went to the market down the street for groceries. We cooked a good dinner ...

... an hour as they swam amongst the few boats. The sun has been shining all day and we have done absolutely nothing! After breakfast we walked down to the beach, which is just a short walk from where we have parked at the campsite. Then, we played a board game and had lunch, followed by going for a swim in the ocean and relaxing on the rocks. We are about to catch the ferry from our campsite into the small town of Trogir; we can ...

... a a little odd z is y and vice versa couldnt find the backspace key at Hvar so that was brief Hvar Island had to be the highlight of a memorable trip if you get the chance go there, Croatia will soon be in the Eurpean union so things will change it is already being discovered and is getting more expensive See zou soon Edith and Laurie

... side of the palace, closest to the sea front. As many as 9,000 people, including soldiers and slaves from conquered lands, once lived inside the palace, and during the Middle Ages, noble families and wealthy merchants built their homes there. Many descendents of those early inhabitants continue to live inside the palace.

Immediately outside the Peristil, you arrive at the main Roman east-west street, the Decumanus, now called Kresimirova. This street splits the ...

... and when she recorded an album in Germany. She also talked about the days of when she met Tito's wife, and partied with him and his girlfriend. We became instant friends and the ferry ride to Korcula flew by. As we got closer to Korcula, some of the locals started coming by to say hello to Ruth, as well an archaeologist from the US who owns two homes in Korcula. Ruth explained that she had a guest room in her home, but seeing as she was just getting there for the first time that ...

... area it has a complicated history - the town was ruled by the Venetian Republic (along with almost all of the Dalmatian coast), from around 1400AD to nearly 1800AD, then became part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until Italy annexed it after WW1, then became part of Yugoslavia after WW2, and finally an independent Republic in 1991. Diocletian's Palace is amazing - there are shops, arcades, churches, mausoleums, markets, apartments, etc within the original walls. The pavements are made ...

... with whatever they could get their hands on. Eventually the firetruck came out and protected by a cordon of riot cops slowly worked there way to the base of the stands and doused the fires (and those hardcore fans who hadn't already retreated further up the stands) The riot cops now having established a beachhead into the stands they began to slowly use flanking movements to push them towards and out the exits (at this point there were easily a 100 cops just ...

... except for the gnats eating at my leg right now, so Ill keep it short. Chris extended his trip and is heading over to Brac Island for another few days. Im getting ready to head to Egypt tomorrow. Of course, I will be flying through Vienna again. If I get one more Mozart chocolate on the plane, Im gonna scream. Ciao from Europe. See you in Egypt.

... and stumbled across 5 young gorgeous men who were harmonising some old style Croatian folk tunes, twas beautiful the hairs on the back of my neck(and we all know I've got them) stood proud and tall with very "reserved" emotion... have so much to share with you all, but the 'smoke is getting in my eyes' (don't understand how Humphrey Bogart's women thought this to be romantic)... I'm going to try the photo download thingy hope it works... next stop Korcula...love to you from Isabel xxx