Split - night 1
9. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
What a great way to start our first night. Easy 3.5 hour direct flight from Edinburgh to Split. A driver who picked us up and a quick dinner and to bed.
We really love that it’s a 1 hour timeLue lisää
Walking Around our Neighborhood
10. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Marc headed out early today and did some shopping for our “regular” house basics. Bread, meats, cream, coffee, yoghurt and juice.
Then we both did our walk about through and around ourLue lisää
Rain in Split Doesn’t Fool Around
12. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
When it rains in Split in the summer it rains! Buckets and buckets and huge rain drops. We are staying in for a while but I’ve got a craving for Mexican food. If it clears up enough we will ventureLue lisää
Split - catch up post
13. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
I’ve been lazy and have not posted since we arrived in Split. Sometimes “Slow Travel” is just about hanging out.
I have been walking around and exploring our new home. Here are some photos thatLue lisää
Film Festival
13. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
10 days of a Film Festival! All films are from the Mediterranean area. There are 4 movie theaters, Three are outdoors. Opening night was wonderful. Movie starts at 9:15; admit is only 3 euros, a glassLue lisää
Krka National Park
14. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
A bus tour with 40 complete strangers is not our favorite way to visit anything, but I can honestly say this one was amongst our best.
A reasonable start time of 8:15 was a good start.
Hour bus rideLue lisää
Trogir
18. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
In the other side of the bay is the town of Trogir. It felt similar to Split without the Palace and without sooo many tourists but still many.
Lively narrow streets and a central plaza withLue lisää
Klis Fortress
18. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Bus tour stop at Klis Fortress. Originally built by the Romans but added to over and over by each subsequent army. It’s such an obvious spot for a fortress.
The walls and structures seem prettyLue lisää
Salona
19. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
This is a Roman archeological site. Salina had an interesting history of growth and then abandonment. At its height it was home to 60,000 Roman’s but after Rome fell, the people didn’t feel safeLue lisää
Shopping Mall
19. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
I, Pam, have worked out that what is considered hot weather clothes in California is NOT hot weather clothes in Croatia. In other words my cotton shorts and t shirts, are too hot and tooLue lisää
Omis
21. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 97 °F
The Adriatic Coast is wonderful. Full of old towns and lots of water front with beaches. Not huge long sweeping beaches that are hundred yards long like Maui, little tiny beaches. Some no more than 12Lue lisää
We Are Having a Heat Wave….
21. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
The past two days have been brutally hot. Up to 100’sF and there is some sort of inversion of haze that is blocking out the visibility like a fog, but it is also bouncing the heat keeping the tempsLue lisää
Hvar daytrip
22. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
The town of Hvar is on the island of Hvar, about 47K from Split. The fast catamaran ferry gets there in about one hour. I went for a day.
This is a very busy tourist town. Full of boats for hire andLue lisää
More Mostar
23. kesäkuuta 2024, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Here are some photos I took while at Mostar. Pam’s post is maxed out on pics.
Mostar- Bosnia Hertzagovina
23. kesäkuuta 2024, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Less than 2 hour drive and we crossed the border into another country. Bosnia Herzegovina with a difficult past and it is a recent past. I won’t attempt to explain the civil war and the events bothLue lisää
Pilgrimage to Medugorje
23. kesäkuuta 2024, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
Our second stop in Bosnia-Herzegovina was the small town of Medugorje. This town is the 4th most popular Catholic Pilgrimage destination in Europe. Big surprise for me!
Long story short, six teenagersLue lisää
Island Catamaran
25. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Today we are heading to Dubrovnik. There is a surprisingly limited number of ways to get down coastal Croatia.
The train tracks don’t go south beyond Split. And a bus ride works but recently theLue lisää
Thar be Pirates at the Castle!
25. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Dubrovnik castle was visited by privateers at sunset. A beautiful two mast sloop, filled with pirates, came into the small protected harbor to steel away a few souls into the night. The sloop wasLue lisää
Perast - Montenegro
26. kesäkuuta 2024, Montenegro ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Cross the border into Montenegro and we had breakfast and a walk about in Perast.
The was a road on the water and a single walkway on the other side.
Just adorable.
Kotor- Montenegro
26. kesäkuuta 2024, Montenegro ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Second stop in Montenegro. Another walled city. Not much different than others that we’ve seen.
Budva - Last Stop in Montenegro
26. kesäkuuta 2024, Montenegro ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
We crossed the mountains to the coast. Again, another walled city. This was the smallest of the three we saw today. It was interesting to see several very large cruise ships in what appeared to be aLue lisää
Dubrovnik
27. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
We woke up and headed out of Dubronik. Our ferry was at 2:15 so we had extra time to explore. We headed to the gondola. A bit expensive 27€ each but we did it.
Wow! What a view. Also a restaurantLue lisää
Kortcula - island stop
28. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
We stayed only one night in the city of Korcula, on the island of Korcula. There are 1,250 islands, 40 are inhabited. Some are just rocks with trees. Most have spectacular beaches and coves.
KorculaLue lisää
Retired Roman Emperor
29. kesäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
This post is full of pics of many centuries of new walls being built on top and next to the ancient Roman walls and foundations. And then rebuilt again and again.
On May 1st 305 AD, the Roman EmperorLue lisää
Road Trip Views
2. heinäkuuta 2024, Kroatia ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
On the two hour drive to Zadar we avoided toll roads and took smaller roads. Croatia has mountains, olive trees, vineyards and some very small passages that they call streets. Not all of our path wasLue lisää






























































































































































































































