The Unexpected Journey Although some might say we are Hobbits we only followed their path today in that we had an unexpected journey. We went […]

Another Town Another Tower The intention was to stroll around Zadar for a couple of hours taking in the main sights. However the sun was […]

Serendipity We left quiet little Vrbnik in the sunshine and drove back across the bridge off the island of Krk. The coastal drive between Krk […]

Olive Sunday We arose to the sound of chanting, and realised that today was Palm Sunday. However the procession of clergy and people passing our […]

The Long, The Short and The Tall Last week we visited the smallest hilltop town in the world, in Vodjan we walked along the longest […]

Sometimes you just need a fire Left Pula and the sun was shining, and that’s the last we saw of it. The temperature was the […]

Stairway to Heaven? We needed to go shopping so Pula fresh veg and fish market got us out of bed early. We bought wild asparagus […]

Pula It’s hard being a tourist. When eventually we got ourselves up and out it was to walk to the sunny central square for a […]

Oh No Not More Steps!! Our hosts in Roc recommended a visit to Groznjan, a hill top town slightly to the North. This town has […]

Relics Went for a gentle stroll which turned into a 10 mile hike, Kotli 7 slap (waterfall) trail. Found ourselves wading through rivers (mainly stepping […]

Small is Beautiful We visited 3 hill top towns today and Hum, the smallest town in the world, was by far the best. Only 26 […]

R ‘n’ R After a long lie in we had poached eggs on toast (only possible after a quick dash to local store before eating […]

April Fools We joked about snow but Max did not appreciate the joke when he woke covered in the stuff. Snow became the theme of […]

Rockin’ and Rollin’ Edinburgh to Newcastle was a breeze apart from a brief snow shower. Max enjoyed it, top down all the way. Embarking and […]