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🚐 NIX EUROPEAN DRIFT – MAY 2026
Solo run across Europe in Vanilla.
France ➝ Swiss Alps ➝ Tuscany ➝ Croatia coast ➝ Bosnia & beyond.
Mountains, coastlines, quiet stops and total freedom.
No schedule… just the open road. 🌍✨ Read more
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    Grad Opatija

    May 17 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    The Lungomare in Croatia is absolutely different class. 🇭🇷🚶‍♂️🌊

    Today I wandered along the famous coastal path between Ika and Lovran, following the old Austro-Hungarian promenade that hugs the Adriatic like it was designed by someone who really understood holidays. Palm trees, little harbours, grand old villas, mountain backdrops and water so clear it almost doesn’t look real.

    The path itself is brilliant. Proper old-school seaside strolling territory. Couples walking hand in hand, old blokes fishing off rocks, tiny boats bobbing around in the coves and the occasional heroic Speedo performance from gentlemen who stopped caring about public opinion sometime around 1987. Admirable really.

    Vanilla is loving Croatia too. Country number six so far on the NIX European Drift Tour and she’s still running beautifully after nearly 2,000 miles. 🚐🧡

    There’s something about this stretch of coastline that just slows everything down in the best possible way. Warm sea air, the sound of the Adriatic gently rolling onto the rocks, and little hidden spots everywhere you look. One of those days where you realise this trip was absolutely worth doing.

    Written with the assistance of AI… and a very happy wander along the Adriatic.     Read more

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    Onwards

    May 18 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    🚐 The Croatian coast road continues… 🇭🇷🌊

    And honestly, I still haven’t seen half of Croatia yet.

    Next comes the long drive south:
    Zadar → Split → Dubrovnik.

    Which basically means more hours of Vanilla gliding along roads that seem to have been designed specifically for campervans, road trips and dramatic drone footage.

    One minute you’re winding around rocky mountainsides…
    the next the Adriatic suddenly appears beside you looking completely ridiculous in the sunshine.

    The rhythm out here is different too.

    No rushing.
    No urgency.
    Just:
    🚐 driving
    🌊 stopping for views
    ☕ random coffee breaks
    🍕 seaside food
    🍺 suspiciously cheap lager
    📸 “just one more photo” every 10 minutes

    The dangerous thing about Croatia is that every time you think:
    “Right… definitely moving on tomorrow…”

    …it casually produces another harbour, another sunset or another waterfront bar and completely ruins your plans.

    Vanilla absolutely belongs here though.

    Windows down.
    Music on.
    Warm Adriatic air coming through the cab.

    It’s less like travelling now…

    and more like drifting through a moving postcard. 🚐✨

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    Općina Bibinje

    May 18 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    🚐🇭🇷 NIX EUROPEAN DRIFT | CAMP PUNTA, CROATIA 🌊☀️

    One of those proper little Adriatic camper stops that makes you quietly question British campsite economics.

    You turn off the coastal road, follow a tiny sign through olive trees, and suddenly you’re parked a few metres from water so clear it looks like somebody has turned the saturation up manually.

    Camp Punta isn’t one of those mega-resort places with inflatable dinosaurs, karaoke until midnight, and a bloke called Darren aggressively cooking sausages outside a Bailey caravan.

    No.

    This is old-school Croatia.
    Simple. Relaxed. Honest. Proper campervan territory.

    🚐🌿

    You’ve got:
    • olive trees for shade
    • the Adriatic literally on your doorstep
    • boats bobbing about in the sunshine
    • warm evening air
    • cold Croatian beer
    • and the gentle soundtrack of cicadas instead of the M6 Toll

    The best bit?

    Places like this still somehow cost about the same as a muddy UK field next to an electricity pylon with one tired shower block and a chemical toilet point that smells like defeat.

    Meanwhile here:
    ☀️ sea views
    🌊 swimming water
    🍺 bars nearby
    🍕 proper food
    🚿 hot showers
    ⚡ EHU
    😎 actual holiday atmosphere

    It’s the sort of place where time slows down slightly. You arrive thinking you’ll stay one night… then suddenly you’re sat outside Vanilla three days later wondering if you actually need responsibilities anymore.

    Croatia really does understand campervan life. 🇭🇷🚐    Read more