Park Pula

... to getting us to Slovenia where on Friday I can then go and get the stiches out. So we have a bus ride in the morning bought the lady from the appartments some chocolates and left her a note to say thanks as she has been amazing with us letting us stay for nothing. So everyone dont worry I am well enough to be typing this blog today and will put on pics for the past few weeks when the computer will let me.

... is only a short bus ride away and they have some ancient ruins of an ampli theatre that we could go and visit. So we hopped on the bus after a nice breakfast and headed to the amplitheater. It was freezing so cold that we both had coats and hats on and we got the theater and it was raining. It was an amazing place and Ian went up in the audience bit and I was messing around in the arena asking him could he ...

... save some money I bought some food to eat in the room. We did not really do much today went back to the room after we had found a laundry for our clothes and then I cooked both me and Beebs a lovely chicken sunday dinner with potaoes and carrots and even found some stuff so that I could make Gravy sorry not much to say but we where so tired and just wanted to chill out.<br>

... follow suit and to catch up with me, just as we approached the busy beach.<br><br>After an afternoon at the beach, we returned to the yacht and sailed into the Harbor at Rovinj. We moored stern to at the mouth of the northern marina and took the short walk around the harbor to the old town out on an oval peninsula with a church on top. We found a place to eat dinner and then returned to the yacht for the night.

... when we have some more money thats the good thing though about travelling is that you can just decide to go somewhere or not. <br><br>We did actually have to get off in the main venice station to change to get to Trieste which is the furthest point that we can get to before we had to get a bus to Croatia. It was fun on the bus the driver was playing this funny music it was like chas and dave does Croatian music Ian had to put ...

... really beautiful so the journey is not tedious.<br>Once in Rijeka we have to go to the bus station and buy our tickets to our final destination: PULA, the capital of the region of Istria, on the northwest of Croatia. The ticket costs 12,25&#8364; and the journey takes about 3 hours. We have one hour to take a walk through the city. Rijeka is a big town so we just can walk through the main strain, Corso ...

... to pay for them. After helplessly wondering through Pula we managed to find a gas station that was willing to let us make our call. The apartment was small by North American standards, but very clean, comfortable and located directly next door to the ancient Roman Amphitheater (which was the whole reason that we wanted to visit Pula). The Amphitheater is about ...

... soothing bay and landscape views made you think the Romans had life worked out pretty well. But Pula was a sideline, and after a few days we made the decision to head down to the Island of Korcula via Split. All and sundry tried to talk us out of taking the train (in favour of the coach), but the train proved to be an incredibly comfortable and easy journey, even if we did need to wait a few hours on a fairly cold platform near ...

After breakfast this morning, I packed my bag, knowing that this will be one of the last times I will be packing my bag. I said goodbye to Etta, Pero and Nada. Eva and Sime drove me to the bus station. Was sad to be leaving, it was really relaxing being here and great to settle down for a little while. I have promised that next time I come I will be able to speak Croatian- I have a few years to learn. We had a drink at one of the many bars there ...

... so I am sure you can imagine what it is like sharing life with them. There are afew backpackers though to keep life interesting. Last night we had a big night out in Pula, which was alot of fun. We managed to get into alsorts of situations, danced the night away and somehow made it back to the hostel in the early hours of the morning. Helen (Kiwi chic from the hostel) and I are heading to Ljubijana tomorrow. My final destination before London on Tuesday.