Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Old town & New


From Tucepi we drove further down the coast, crossing into Bosnia for about 20km along the way (no stamp in the passports sadly). We arrived in Dubrovnik in time for a quick explore of old town before cooking dinner in our apartment. The apartment was in a fantastic spot looking over old town and out to the many surrounding island.

Us in Bosnia

The view of old town from our apartment

On Sunday we spent a bit of time hiding from the rain but managed a trip to the beach when it cleared up. There's over 400 steps each way to the beach so by the time we made it back up to the apartment we were ready for another swim! Instead we settled for beers on the balcony.

Monday was a beautiful day. In the morning we did the walk around the old city walls. This was a lot of fun and we got some great photos of old town. Next stop was the beach for some much needed refreshment in the beautiful clear water. We returned to the old town for Mels walking tour before returning to the beach for another swim then picked up donuts for afternoon tea. That evening we drove up the hills surrounding dubrovnik to catch the sunset and had dinner in a restaurant overlooking town.

Old town

Sunset over Dubrovnik


Tuesday was adventure day, we met our guide in the next towns ferry terminal before catching a ferry to the island of Lopud. We picked up kayaks here and kayaked to a nearby island with some excellent cliff jumping and an underground cave with an underwater entrance, slightly scary to swim into. Then we kayaked around the island to a tiny fishing village for lunch before paddling to our third island for the day, enjoying a quick dip off the rocks before returning to the start. Made for a huge day out.

Today the plan is to have donuts for breakfast before one last walk around old town. Then we set out for our last stop of the trip, Mlini.


The gorgeous pool at our hotel on the last night in Croatia



Location:Dubrovnik

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Relaxing in Tucepi

The Coastal road down to Tucepi was nice and we stopped at various little beaches along the way. Our hotel was really nice, with a great view of the sea. That afternoon we wandered along the seafront promenade then enjoyed dinner on our balcony.


One of the little bays we stopped at along the way to Tucepi


View from our apartment

Friday was supposed to be "lie on the beach day" but instead it decided to rain most of the day. We started with breakfast buffet (donuts!) before managing to squeeze in a wander along the length of the beach and a coffee by the water before the rain really set in. In the afternoon Brad and Ryan went for a drive up a mountain, while Mel and Jenny went out for gelato.

View from half way up the mountain


Saturday morning was glorious blue sky so it was down to the beach for a pre-breakfast swim before tucking into even more doughnuts and chocolate croissants. We then went back to the beach for some sunbathing then departed for Dubrovnik.

The beach

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Location:Croatia

(Slightly) Sunny in Split

Arrived in Split after flying out of Gatwick at the highly uncivilised hour of 6am. Picked up our rental car (aka 'Da Ca') and navigated as close as possible to the city centre (the old town of Split is car free). After several near misses, wandering through several windy alleyways, we found our apartment. In the middle of the old town (UNESCO world heritage site), we had a cool location next to Diocletian's Palace. After wandering round town, the palace & the promenade, we returned for snacks & a nap before trying some Croatian beer. For dinner we ordered the largest pizza of all time ever, before returning to the promenade for a late night wander, catching a random croatian band live. Despite not understanding a single word we thought they were quite enjoyable.



The waterfront promenade


Part of Diocletians Palace



Dinner!

Thursday morning breakfast consisted of leftover pizza and doughnuts from the nearby bakery. Then after a quick wander we were back in the car heading along the coast to our next stop, Tucepi.

Doughnut breakfast




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Location:Split, Croatia