Hotel Mediteran Crikvenica

... balcony overlooking the ocean which was really rough today. Got relaxed as Ian will not let me do anything I have to stay in bed all the time which is ok really as I dont feel that good and my eye does not look pretty enough to go out with. Did pop out and buy some tights though as the weather is now taking a turn for the colder both Ian and I were discussing going to Egypt as its warm ha ha but not really up for flying at the ...

We finished up the last leg of our road trip in Cesky Krumlov in Czech. It is the most amazing and well preserved medieval town in the country. They were too poor to rebuild the town in the 1800s - as a result everything has been well preserved from the 15-16th Centry. We have seen plenty of castles on our travels - but this one is something else. We stayed in a cool ...

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 ...

Après une bonne nuit, malgré le retentissement des cloches de 5h du matin, nous voici partis, chaussures de marche aux pieds, sur les côtes de l'île. Nous décidons d'aller directement sur le versant opposé au camping pour fuire la foule. Le temps de trouver le chemin (les croates sont assez avares d'indications!), nous commençons notre randonnée sur une ...

... les agences vous permettront de vous faire une première idée, ce qui vous évitera de parcourir des kilomètres pour rien.

3ème conseil : les agences de location proposent toujours la chambre la plus chère. Insistez auprès d'elles, elles vous en trouveront toujours une, soi disant la dernière!

Pour nos 2 premières nuits ce sera : lit king size, salle de bain privative avec frigo d ...

... nous pensons pouvoir récupérer la ligne de bus Rijeka-Cres. Notre surprise est aussi grande que notre déception quand nous découvrons cette minuscule gare au milieu de nulle part. On se croirait revenu 50 ans en arrière, le contraste est total (mention particulière au chef de gare derière son bureau et sa liasse de papier, parlant un anglais impeccable)! Le problème, c'est ...

... 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!

There isn't much to see ...

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.

I headed back to Croatia, & I think I know the feeling of what it's like to be an illegal immigrant. There’s supposed to be big border controls between Slovenia & Croatia cos Croatia isn’t yet EU (unless they joined over the weekend while I was in Bled) but I didn’t get so much as a passport stamp. Which wouldn’t bother me too much cos I have one from Zagreb, but I wanted it to prove I had left Schengen & my 90 visa ...

... we got there she was not so keen anymore. We even managed to get Roxy's mum with us up there. She was the least keen from three of us. Needless to say that Roxy's dad wasn't even thinking of joining us. :-) The ride included flying high and going as low as our feet touching the water. When the ride was over we just landed in the water and got into the speed boat who took us back to shore. It ...