Lumbarda Hotel Korcula

... red grapes. Our tasting is great and we buy a bottle of red after a quick tour of the wine cellar and some sunflower admiration. They won't export it as it's too much trouble and the owner decided if you want his wine you'll have to go there. Then we’re on the road again, with beautiful glimpses of the ocean.

In a little town called Orevic we race to get to the car ferry and pull up only to be ...

... double yay), charming little place. I haven't paid more than $30 a night for any accommodation since I've been in Croatia (but somehow have still spent money faster than you can say, "Buddy, can you lend me a kuna?"). It was pretty late at night when I arrived so took a quick tour of the city and stopped in to Massimo for a drink. Massimo is a bar that's built in a turret. The only way up to the terrace is by ...

... came to the hostel to suss out if any "people of interest" may be lurking in the common room. What, left-wing, war-opposing, Bush-haters in a backpacker's hostel? Surely not? As it turns out, we never did get to see Bush, and on June 10 left Slovenia, content the fairytale had a happy ending. Highlights: Bled: The lake, the island, the chapel, the swans, the ducks, the rainbow, the little bird that landed on Caroline's ...

... took me a while to adjust to travelling with other people- I couldn't stop and read my book wherever I felt like, or take that interesting looking train on the spur of the moment. But the trade in was company and conversation, so I didn't mind too much. We eventually found a quiet rock that wasn't already occupied, so I sat and ate my picnic lunch with the lake water lapping at my feet, reading my book. The circadas were buzzing, along with the distant sound of ...

... wasn't damaged during the war or was built later, and so to appropriately commemorate the anniversary of Jesus' death I posed for this tasteful photograph. Dignity, always dignity.The view was worth all the effort of the hike though as we could see for miles in any direction and every compass point contained its own breathtaking vista. The sun disappeared into the light haze out over the water and we raced it back down ...

... most expensive in Croatia and it is said that the cheese's flavor comes from the salt blown grass and sage that the sheep eat here. We already had some Pag salt, but we bought some lace and cheese. Cheese is much cheaper there and buying lace in the winter was really a bargain. We were the only tourists to show up there all week so they were just happy to have some business. We met a sailor there ...

... run-in down the narrow alleyway), and ended up crashing on the floor of their hostel. Good thing too, because we may have been street bums otherwise since the city seems to be dead after midnight. After a quick nap of a few hours, we were out of the hostel without waking up anyone, and then caught a 4 hour busride to the Plitvicka Lakes national park. We got off the bus in the middle of this wooded area that looked like the middle of nowhere, but eventually found ...

... The sun came out in the afternoon so we headed to the beach to do some serious brown. In the evening after a hard day we headed to the Grill about 40 paces from our van door for some of the best Calamari and Bass we've ever had. Did I mention we were having electrical troubles again? This time with everything that runs off mains power. Luckily they had a caravan service place at the next camping place over so we made an appointment to drop it in that afternoon. We spent another ...

Despite what the photos suggest the weather has not been lovely, and we suffered several days of torrential rain. From lovely (but wet) Korcula island I caught the bus to DUbrovnik. Izm staying in a nice house with two Australian girls, about 15 minutes walk from the old town. The old town of Dubrovnik is small and very elegant, with lovely old churches and streets paved in ...

... ending up worthy winner 4-2. A New Zealand Peter Andre lookalike waiter dud then showed us around a load of pubs and clubs on the island. We went to a bouncing Croatian bar with "The Body" strutting her stuff with many an onlooker! There was a real good-time atmosphere there between all the Craotian shirted people and the boys - they just wanted to party all night even though they got spanked in the end. Many a drinking game followed as ...