We woke up very early this morning as we had to get the 9:30 ferry from Sućuraj which was on the other side of the island to where we were staying in Hvar. The drive to Sućuraj took about 1.5 hours and the roads were very windy and narrow a lot of the way. We ended up arriving in Sućuraj about half an hour early so we decided to look at the town - it was a ghost town!!! So that lasted about 5 mins. The ferry ride from Sućuraj to Drvenik took a...

One full day on Hvar island. It was a cool morning but the forecast said the sun was going to shine later and to celebrate, Calvin wore shorts and thongs today. For a warm up, it was a walk up the hill (involving a lot of steps!) to the Hvar Fortress where we could see over the town of Hvar and out to the Adriatic Sea. A stop by the bakery in town on the way back to the house meant Kate got her morning tea of apple strudel and Calvin got to try burek! Burek is a ...

Today we drove from Rakovica to Split and then we put the car on the ferry at split for the 2 hour ferry trip to Hvar. We had a couple of hours to wander around Split. We wandered along the waterfront and there were lots of people around. Turns out the Split half marathon was there today - we saw the presentation to the first, second and third place getters. As an added bonus there were plenty of portaloos around because of the event and we couldn't seem to find ...

When people think of Croatia, they usually think of sun drenched islands, the warm Dalmatian coast and the stunning beaches around the country. They don't usually think cold temperatures and SNOW! Like lots of snow. Maybe 10 cm of fresh powder type of snow. Yesterday when we arrived in Rakovica, about 15 minutes from Plitvice Lakes, it was fairly dry. This morning, we awoke to snow everywhere! It was all over the car, all over the roofs, all over the lawns and ...

We got up early this morning ready for the 5.5 hour journey to Croatia - 5.5 hours doesn't seem long for Aussie standards but it is for European standards. We stopped a couple of hours into the journey to get our vignette to drive in Slovenia as the journey from Italy to Croatia also went through Slovenia for a bit. A fine for no vignette is €150 so we were onto it. As we were driving, we munched on our delicious takeaway pizza from the night before for...