I arrived at the island of Brac with great expectations - the islands of Croatia were what I had been looking forward to most so far on my trip - and I wasn´t disappointed. I also saw my first nudist on Brac - I´ll bet that´s got your attention! I caught an early morning barge from Split to Supetar, the main town on the island of Brac (whenever I see the world Supetar, I subconsciously think it´s called Superstar!). I had arrived at the ticket office in S...

Arriving in Zadar´s train train station is like introducing someone to your bottom before your face - it´s not the best way to make a first impression. When I arrived in Zadar I was immediately put off - why have I booked three nights here?! The whole area surrounding the train station and the bus route to my hostel was very ghetto - lots of graffiti, rubbish, run down old buildings. My hostel was about 4km outside of the city centre, but it...

So I caught my very first overnight train into Zagreb from Milan... I can definitely understand why people chose to take overnight trains - it´s a brilliant idea really, your transport and accommodation for the night are all taken care of, and you have the entire next day to do sight seeing instead of traveling. It really is a great idea. However, I really think that tickets should be allocated on the basis of when your last shower was - ¨Been hiking in the Swi...

I have had the best last few days, and it is all because of my lovely Couch Surfing host, Flo. What an awesome chick! I arrived in Milan Thursday evening after another Ryan Air flight (with more clapping upon landing - thank goodness!) and made my way to the home of my second Couch Surfing host - Flo. Flo is 25 (and not very excited about turning 26 soon...) and works for Fed Ex in the marking department - she´s also a writer for an online news service, which...

Well, I did make it to Valencia after my gut wrenching four hour bus ride from Barcelona. When I was on the bus, I read in my handy Valencian tourist brochure (which I´d picked up from some Swedish chicks in Barcelona - score!) that metros are very good in Valencia, and have been specially designed with tourists in mind. So I figured once I arrived at the bus station I would catch the nearest metro to my hostel - easy... When I arrived, I asked at the informatio...