Month: August 2025
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Trogir
Trogir was founded by Greek in the 3rd century BC and was later developed by Romans and ruled by Venetians. So the buildings and palaces are a blend of lots of different styles. I liked it more than Split – mostly because it was much smaller and easier to get around. The old town has
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Krka National Park
We did an afternoon tour bus trip to Krka National Park to check out some waterfalls. This is the smallest National Park (and one day I’ll get to Plitvice which is the bigger version), but this one gave us the gist of the landscape. Mostly inland is rocky hillsides where people have spent a lot
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Split & Diocletian’s Palace
Old town, complete with old palace. Check. Labyrinthine walkways and “roads”. Check. Churches and columns and arches…and a sphinx (sure thing). A bazzillion tourists – yep. But it is oh so pretty. I landed in Split from Gatwick, and then took the airport shuttle to the town centre/port. It’s all very easy and well geared
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Hello Croatia… & Cruising
Bok (hello). Why am I in Croatia? Great question. The brilliant excuse for this trip is Andy’s 50th (friend and work colleague) and the end of my trip is meeting up with a bunch of her friends and family for a few days of what I expect to be swim, nap, cocktails…repeat. But before then
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Leaving England
The last time I was in England, the money was made of paper, it was hard to find south-east asian food outside London (it was all Indian etc curries), and people could still smoke everywhere (including restaurants – bleurgh!). This was a quick visit for a week-ish. It was enough to remind me that there’s
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If you like churches
I am definitely more of a castle girl than a church goer, but having popped by my two local castles (Warwick and Kenilworth), I thought it was time to check out a church before I headed back to London. When the church is (a) big, and/or (b) old, I’m totally willing to go inside for
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Kenilworth Castle
Everyone needs a local ruin – and this castle is (was?) mine! Today’s adventure was a local bus ride to Kenilworth to visit the castle, and dodging a few rain showers in the process. I’m gunna give you a basic history and then a massive photo dump! Kenilworth Castle has a fab history. It was