Hello again all from our penultimate European destination! Well after an amazing 3 day stay in Hvar Town......Did I mention that everyone should go there??? We hit Korcula at the wrong time!! Apart from one restaurant, one shop and a couple of kids kicking around a footy, we were pretty much the local population!! Korcula itself, like Hvar is a ...

Day 1 Woke up and went to the bathroom, only to have the door handle promptly fall off. I try to insert it back into the door to open it, but it just pushes the other integral part of the door handle onto the floor on the other side. So, having no other options, I climb onto the toilet and poke my head out of the bathroom window. No one around. ...

So apparently there is some 'controversy' over where Marco Polo was born, but the Korculans (?!) are convinced that this is where he started his life. There's even a tower bearing his name. And there's someone living here with a name like Polo. So that's obviously proof then, Korcula it is, stuff you Venice. Whether this is where he started his ...

Buongiorno, Zdravo and Dober Dan everyone, Apologies again for taking so long between updates. This time our excuse isn't lack of time or access to a reliable internet connection, rather the persuasive call of sunshine, crystal clear waters and glorious days of doing-nothingness. We'd be lying if we said the past few weeks have been hectic ones....

More fun with rubbish scheduling. Can you tell it's been annoying me slightly? Arriving at the ferry port at 8.10, I was told that there was no ferry until 16.00. Bloody hell! What is wrong with these people?? And I wasn't the only one this time, there were lots of people with backpacks sitting around looking quite annoyed. I somehow managed to ...