With just a couple of rainy days left in Pula, Croatia before we leave, what better thing to do than to catch the local bus to two more medieval hill top towns to walk even more narrow cobble stone streets in the heat. That done, we said our goodbyes to Croatia and took off for England. Picking up a car in Stanstead, we drove 5 hours up to Scarborough, where there is an ideal site to see Puffins, along with a host of other migratory sea birds. And see them we di...

Well, the day started innocently enough, breakfast at 7:00, but only brewed coffee, so we thought we would get something along the way. As it turned out, there was a bar in the hotel lobby that had espresso so why not get one here before we leave? So we did, 1 espresso and 1 cappuccino. Big or small cappuccino we were asked, big said Jean. It arrived in a normal size cup, half full. 38krona. That's close enough to $10 and it was terrible coffee. In fact we found ...

Monday, and it’s out and away to Rovinj. A 50km ride down the coast, save for a bit of a turn inland around Croatia’s only fjord and then back to the coast. Our time in Poreć was very enjoyable. Again, like most of our time in Croatia, it has been very hot, usually well over 30C by mid afternoon, but on our “rest days”, all that means is more cafe stops, gelati, and walking slower. We seem to have perfected the “passeggiata” and applied it to most o...

Day 3. Umag to Poreć Well the day started perfectly. 100% cloud cover, light breeze and the occasional sprinkle of rain. Just the sort of day we wanted, and needed after the heat of the past few days. Then, it reverted to normal - the cloud cleared, and the sun shone, but at least we were about half way through the ride. The first 20kms or so was mostly along the coast, quite back roads and an incredible number of camping grounds. When I say camping, it was ever...

Day 2 Piran to Umag. Absolute disaster. The longest and biggest climb so far and I forgot to turn on Strava before we left - so no record. On the plus side, I don’t think either one of us will forget about it any time soon. We got away earlier today and were well into the hills and a third of the way in before the heat started. Taking it a bit easier today and the ride went well, arriving in Umag around 1:30pm. We found a cafe under the trees overlooking the...