Kastav

Trish is doing much better today, but wanted to be able to come back to the hotel if she needed to, so I took off in our Volkswagen car for an explore of Krk island. I didn’t know much about this island except that it had some beaches and a Krk town. So I headed for there after going over the massive bridge that was constructed in response to the tourism demand.

Krk town was really pretty. I went to an info centre and got a map of the island and then realised that there were many little towns on the coast line and they were all a bit different from each other. I would love to spend a week on the island in a camper van sometime!

Initially I paid for a park for 90 minutes, walked around the marina and through the town checking out the castle. Then I thought I needed to get back to the car, so did that and drive through the town and saw the perfect park. What was a girl to do? Yep, paid 2 euros and got 2 hours, so plenty of time to find a gelato and buy myself a cute wee momento. I also bought a towel which could be handy over the next few days.

Then on the road to Baska which is the southernmost town of the island. I had to stop a couple of times to check out the view which was just stunning. There were many marinas along the way. I also found a Roadside fruit stall and bought some green mandarins which were ripe and the most massive pomegranates which were 5 for 8 euro, and I was not able to buy just one. When I opened it later, it was more than a cupful of seeds, to those 5 are going to go a long way.

When I got to Baska town, there were more parking charges and a walk down to the town and it was really hot so I thought I’d try and find the nudist beach figuring that no one knows me here, and would save getting more clothes wet. Well I didn’t quite get to it and realised there was a long walk from any parking down a hill so I lost my enthusiasm. So then thought I would drive to the Baska beach lookout. The beach is 1.8km long and one of the best beaches in Croatia. I found myself driving past a spare park rather close to the beach so had to stop. Nek minit I am swimming out to a pontoon a fair way out because the water was pretty warm and just so calm. I swam for a while, then got out and just marvelled at the view. Then thought I need to do some sort of selfie - me in my black undies and a sports top was not going to make it on any public page, hence the feet pic.

I then resumed my drive to the lookout and got a park even closer to the beach but only used it to walk down the path and found the dog swimming part. Croatia is very dog friendly. Earlier in the day I found a water fountain for me to fill up my bottle, and there was also a dog water bowl. All the restaurants provide water bowls for the dogs.

Then it was one more town for me to stop at, and I chose Malinska as the beach was supposed to be great. In reality I drove down the hill, through the town and back up the hill again. It was getting later and I couldn’t see how it could have been better than what I had done.

So headed for home, though stopping at a supermarket on the way to get another roast chicken. Yesterday was the first time we had found one at a supermarket and it was amazing tasty. Todays was rather nice as well.

We have had a quiet evening as Trish had a big day here with lots of walking and a big swim as well.

She did 18,404 steps. And we had an increase to 27 degrees today. I did a reasonable amount of walking too, all in my crocs which continue to be invaluable!Read more