Hotel Corinthia I Baska

... We did have some lunch out I had ham and eggs and Ian had a vegetable lasagne mine was nice but Ians was tasty apart from the mushrooms in it yuk!<br><br>Did not do much really to talk about the place is like Llandudno with some great hotels and a sea front and a little harbour but the weather was terrible so we just chilled back in the room its really cold but I had the biggest bed ever with the fluffiest pillows just what I ...

... are still in the north and onto our second Island. Weather is superb and all the masses of tourists have gone home - so great pace..something about island life.<br><br>We have been eating loads of seafood but Jarrad is yet to catch us a fish - on the list of things to do!<br><br>Anyway here are the pics of our antics once again.<br><br>Cheerio<br>:0)<br>Sharm and Jarrad

So we drive down to Croatia. We thought it would be a great idea to wear our bikins as we drive so we get tanned... brilliant plan... that was until we got to the border and thought, whoops. Luckliy there was a car in front and we quickly put clothes on. In my haste I put my dress on back to front and inside out.... The guy then asked if we had anything to declare and was in hysterics when we laughed and said only 3 beers ...

... cyclable, qui devient un chemin, qui devient un sentier... jusqu'à ce qu'on perde sa trace! Nous continuons à l'aveuglette en suivant le littoral. L'eau turquoise nous attire comme un aimant, nous devons nous arrêtez pour piquer une tête!<br><br>En Croatie, maillots de bain, chaussures d'eau et masques sont nécessaires pour vaincre les rochers ...

... le tout dans une charmante maison avec jardin tenue par un couple de retraité italo-croate, à 5 minutes du centre.<br><br>En septembre, le soleil se couche à 20h. Difficile pour nous car en France, c'est plutôt 21h. Tanpis, nous savourons notre 1er bain dans la mer un peu fraîche!<br><br>La journée a été longue, nous rentrons "chez nous" pour un petit pique-nique improvisé et une bonne nuit.

... nous sommes en fait à 10 kilomètres de Opatija et que la ligne de bus ne passe pas du tout par là. Finalement, nous rejoignons le centre ville par un chemion caché située de l'autre côté des rails et nous nous rendons à l'office de tourisme pour nous renseigner.<br><br>Après avoir rejoins Rijeka en bus local, nous fêtons nos premièrs instants en Croatie autour d'une bière ...

... s.d.) I arrived just fine, and had drawn a map and written directions down from google map. And, it was a snap finding the hostel. Unlike the 3 hr trudge I took in Venice to go less than 1 mile! I used Google map, but I believe the hostel had an incomplete address. And Google map led me almost right into the ocean!<br><br>There isn't much to see ...

... yes, FOURTY DAYS) of being inland, Rijeka, my first (albeit brief) stop in Croatia was sooooooooooooooo nice. 40 days of not seeing the coast was a little bit unfathomable for this coastal living girl. I get withdrawals when we drive the inland road to Melbourne. The point is, any sea would have been exciting, but the Adriatic was seriously nice. I only had the day there, &amp; 80% of that time was spent wandering round the harbour &amp; the break ...

What a wonderful way to spend a day on an island. We walked for miles along and in the water, stopping often to admire the view and marvel at the colour of the water; found a local man to talk to about his little bit of paradise and a local ice cream parlour with thatched coverings and amazing views to enjoy our ice cream just out of the midday sun; the local park for a lunch picnic; and later an obligatory espresso at one of ...

... Our swim and lunch stop was at a really beautiful island with a cruel and sad history of being Goli Otok men's political prison which must have made the Russian Gulag&#8217;s seem almost tame. From bitterly cold winter to unbearable, blinding heat in summer and no protection. This, along with hard labour to construct the prison buildings must have been devastating. And all this for the wrong political beliefs!<br><br>Another magnificent swim stop was in one of the ...