Croatia

Am in Dubrovnik right now - what a gorgeous city - thanks for the recommendation Natasha and the confirmation that we must go down the coast Anitra. It is well worth it. We have loved the coast and have swum every day - the only hardy people on the beach in the water!

Will post more when I have downloaded the photos.

Okay-here are the promised photos: - First up is one of the Pula Colloseum - an amazingly intact Roman ruin. Pula was our first stop in Croatia and certainly had some interesting ruins. Headed out of town as evening was approaching, and then had a hard time finding an appropriate place to stop on the side of the road - Liam finally spotted a truck park just before the tunnel on the way to Rijeka - thank goodness! More on the joys of camping in Europe in winter in a separate post.





This next picture is of a lovely little town on the Dalmatian coast called Jablanac. There are ferries to the nearby islands from here with remarkably large trucks having to squeeze past our parked campervan which you can see on the foreshore. Another swim here - refreshing!



Split was next on the agenda - we found it fascinating to see how they had simply added buildings on wherever it was convenient around the wall - you can see in the photo how the clock tower in the old wall has simply been used as a back wall for another building. The cathedral on the right had sign posted to climb the tower at your own risk, so we declined!

We had a magnificent thunderstorm there - you warned us Natasha and you were right!


And finally here is a tiny laneway in Dubrovnik. We didn't take photos of the outside wall so you might have to click on the link to see what it looks like from the outside (the links on the top right of the page are some of the places we have visited).

We really liked Dubrovnik - touristy enough to be easy for us (English signs!), but small enough to be pleasant and relaxing to be in. Again, no campsite, so had to camp outside the closed campsite, but it was close to the beach and very enjoyable.

After Dubrovnik we headed back along the same stretch of coast road (seeing the view from the other direction was just as beautiful). Then headed inland from this part of the coast (in the picture) towards Mostar in Bosnia leaving Croatia behind - we really enjoyed it there.