Croatia
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Vis, Biševo & the Blue Cave
Today we played a game with sea conditions, weather and tourism…. and won! The blue cave is a popular tourist attraction on an island (Beševo) a long way from the mainland. 12 people live on this island. The Blue Cave can only be entered in a small boat, operated by a tour company – and
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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