Selce Rijeka

... 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!

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 ...

... all so we caught the bus to Krk Town and found a sheltered spot to swim there. We then found a note in our guide book about a wind called The Bura, and you can tell its coming when white clouds form over the mountains, which they had. It can get so strong it can tip cars over! The next morning it was worse so we gave up and headed inland..... after getting the shock of our lives with the campsite bill... so expensive!!!!

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 ...

... et d'un met italien à la terrasse d'une pizzeria. Le centre-ville a l'air animé mais Rijeka est le 1er port de Croatie et les abords de la ville sont très "industriels". Malgré tout nous nous baladons un peu en attendant le catamaran pour l'ïle de Cres (départ tous les jours à 17h). Si les hauteurs de la ville n'ont que peu d'intérêt, le centre et le canal sont à découvrir.

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.

We have discovered that, in Croatia, unplanned travel by public transport alone is a bit of a challenge. Today, in order to get to our first island, the island of Rab, we will be taking a local bus to nearby Rijeka, about 40 minutes and, from there either a bus or ferry. The bus is a long way so ...

... shopping mall just down the road, It was in a big tower with many stories, and seemed a lot different to the Croatia we were use too. After the mall we went to central town and had a look around. There was a canal running through the center of town that was absolutely full of fish, so we brought some bread and relaxed feeding the fish. A lot more exciting than feeding ducks in my opinion.

the boat journey wasn't as bad i thought it was going to be. despite orginally planning to sleep on deck, once the wind picked up it was inevitable that we were going to have to go inside. However, during the journey the view was great. we passed so many small islands while the weather held up. we even saw some first hand evidence of the forest fires blazzing up and down the country. when the boat stopped at the island of Havar we saw a helicopter scoop some water from ...

... to Croatia. We are now staying in a lovely little town on the sea on the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia where we have been swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. Yesterday was Dylan's fifth birthday so we had a great day with lots of presents. We now have a small keyboard to play. We rode in a horse and cart to the Neuschwanstein Castle which is the one in Disneyland logo and also in the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ...