Sol Polynesia Apartment Umag

... 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.

... I did not know what had happened and I think I was knocked out for a few minutes so Ian went to get some help and they called an ambulance. They were amazing really the lady from the theatre was cool helping me to get up but I could not walk and felt like I was going to pass out again. Anyways got taken to hospital in Pula and spent the next few hours having xrays and scans and allsorts. They had to put 4 ...

... tram in the city will take you uphill to the Trieste plateau ("Altipiano triestino"). Be sure not to miss a walk through the Napoleonica, a panoramic pedestrian route loved by locals of all ages; the Grotta Gigante (Giant Cave), the world's largest tourist cave in the world, and, last but not least, an easy lunch in an osmiza, each one open only several days per year. Be sure to keep your eyes wide open and look for a branch of ivy and a wooden ...

... the stamps and there it was, just 6 tables and a chef and the owner and wall to ceiling full of paintings, most local of boats. And feesch. The best feesch. Seabass filets for me and seabass lasagne '' which is spelled lazjne, all varietz of ways. If wedd known brodet was a local fish stew specialtz we would have ordered it. Dessert was this amazing vanilla ice in balsamic vinegar with candied almonds and roasted pumpkin seeds.- Roasted pumpkin ...

SUCH a quaint nice town. Theres a nice cathedral and these beauitful rocks that go right along the beach where you can lay out on..and today we took an all day boat trip around all of the surrounding islands of the coast. We worked out a ''special'' drop off inbetween the two trips on the most beautiful island called the Red Island. the sun is finally shining and shining strong ...

... a fairytale kingdom.

The cave was discovered accidentally in 1930. Tone Božac, a vineyard owner on whose land the cave is situated, worked in his vineyard and his peep fell into a hole. Not realizing the depth of the cave, Tone tried to cover the hole with soil but it kept falling deeper and deeper into the ground.

During World War II, the cave saved his son Josip who hid there while the Germans took and ...

... you know its cheaper for me to fly to Spain or France of Germany for a weekend than to catch a train within Italy!! Haha. Nevertheless I couldn't come all this way and not visit the distant relatives I have never met.

My first day (well afternoon/evening as I arrived at 4pm), Stelio picked me up from the station, and Robert (Dad's cousin, so my...2nd cousin??) and his girlfriend and (his) daughter were there. So we all said Ciao and ...

... ago. A very worthwhile stop.

It was about 500-600 steps down to walk through the whole thing and come out the other end.....where the elevator back up was broken, meaning 500-600 steps to climb back up outside the exit, lots of fun on this boiling hot day!

... and I joined Mauro at his favorite restaurant and ordered a typical Croatian lunch. Grilled vegetable, grilled fish, calamari and of course beer. We watched a class of young sailors practicing in the bay right in next to our table. He told us many Italians come to Croatia for the food.

Mauro told us how he grew up in this small town and now is an English professor at a local college. His only ...

... prometo colgarlas.....y bueno, si, hacia frio, pero repito que llevo la misma ropa que en Valencia.... Hoy esta siendo un dia tranquilo, como ha dejado de llover y no es dia festivo, por fin podemos ver Ljubljana tal y como es, la vida aqui, el mercado callejero....todo es distinto y al mismo tiempo igual que en Espanya.....no se, venid para comprobarlo...jejeje Sigo comiendo Potica (el dulce nacional)....que esta de muerte....asi que mi culo empieza a ...