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- Jul 12, 2024, 5:15 PM
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 581 ft
- CroatiaIstarska ŽupanijaMarčanaKrnica44°58’16” N 14°0’48” E
Hello Croatia, Hello Sunshine
July 12 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Flight EZY 3143 to Pula was timely and uneventful, with the exception of a few minutes of turbulence over the Alps. Enough to lose your latte if you weren't paying attention but not sufficiently wild to lose the contents of your bladder. I thought it was a relatively mild experience but Laura was a bit traumatised and enquired about the possibility of driving home.
We had sauntered to the end of the boarding queue and stood behind a lady who told us she had forgotten she had paid for speedy boarding. Which brings me to another thing I don't understand about flying - the concept of paying extra to get on first or for a special seat (I am from Lanarkshire after all). Why pay more to get on a plane quicker when you know you have a guaranteed seat and it isn't going without you. And without asking, the seat assigning algorithm gave the six of us seats all together across a single row. I did however hear an interesting story about seat assigning algorithms. A friend travelling solo to Italy was randomly allocated a seat beside another couple. His surname is Armstrong, not too uncommon (think Pointless or drug cheating Tour de France cyclist) but when he introduced himself, he discovered his fellow travellers were also called Armstrong. Too random to be a coincidence so presumably the algorithm had assumed the shared surname meant they were related and travelling together.
Our villa is situated on the edge of Krnica, a village about 20 km north east of Pula, population 275 which according to Wikipedia, " is a very peaceful village and even during the summers, there are no traffic jams." We have a 7 seater hire car which feels slightly wider than the narrow roads, so the relatively light traffic is welcomed. I was today's nominated driver and felt quite pleased about how quickly I settled back onto driving on the right (or is it the wrong) side of the road. That was until a major brown trouser moment turning left on a busy, 2-lane roundabout in Pula. I settled for flooring the accelerator to get us out of trouble and prayed that the brakes on the BMW behind us worked better than it's indicators. All was well and after a few shakey minutes, I got back on the proverbial horse like a true soldier and drove home again without incident.Read more
Traveler 31 degrees ... Are you melting?!
Traveler I am lying on the couch with the air con running. Everyone else is twisting by the pool. There were promising looking rain clouds this morning but the sun chased them away quickly
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