Croatia - Split

[gorski]

Heheheee... Nice 1...

Here, read this, if you so wish... - some excerpts from my posts elsewhere...

OK, some CIA facts, he, he...: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hr.html

Some more info... http://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/hr/;_ylt=AqBR89YHXxQ1XF64Uex6R9y3ecYF

http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/croatia/index.html

Croatia has an amazing 5,835km of coastline, 4,057km of which belongs to islands, cliffs and reefs. There are 1,185 islands in the Adriatic, but only about 50 are populated. The largest island is Krk (near Rijeka) which has a land area of 462 square km.

The climate is Mediterranean along the Adriatic coast, meaning warm dry summers and mild winters, with 2,600 hours of sunlight on average yearly - it is one of the sunniest coastlines in Europe! In the interior of the country, the climate is continental with hot summers and cold, snowy winters.

Here's a map: http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk/map/

Recommended?

Hvar! Sandy beaches, 360 sunny days a year! If it rains you pay half and if it snows - nothing!

Dubrovnik is a close second. A grrrrrreat international Summer Arts festival!! Also cool and close for a trip to Montenegro. And into Bosnia and Herzegovina [Mostar etc.] or Split...

Alternatively Kornati archipelago, nature reserve under UNSECO protection, nothing but nothing there - the sea and sun story.... Peace like nowhere else. Wonderful to chill, dive, fish....

"Divers - Kornati are a national park and just gorgeous! Or Lastovo! Here's a snipet:

The Kornati islands

"This archipelago consists of 140 islands covering an area 114 square miles (300 square km), with most of the area declared a National Park because of its natural beauty due to its numerous coves and crystal clear blue waters. George Bernard Shaw fell in love with the group of islands and said

On the last day of Creation God desired to crown His work, and thus created the Kornati islands out of tears, stars and breath.

There are no permanent residents of the islands and most of the area belongs to the people of Murter island who come to tend the olive groves, the vineyards and orchards. They have cottages there, in which they stay during the agricultural season.

The islands are best visited on a day excursion from Zadar, Sibenik or Split. It is possible to stay in one of the cottages doing a Robinson Crusoe type holiday (no electricity or running water in your house). A boat from Murter delivers you there and picks you up a week later."

From there it's poss to go on trips to the coast and inland, like Krka waterfalls etc.

From both it's about 2-3 hours on a ferry to Split, I think. Many a good thing there.

Look bellow for cheap flights to Split these days [the competition has started]!

http://wizzair.com/skylights/cgi-bi...language=EN&from1=BUD&to1=SPU&numberMarkets=2

Croatia is your oyster...

 

[gorski]

So, how's the 40+C and Dubrovnik Summer Art Festival?

 

[gaijingirl]

She's right. It's fucking cooking over here. And lovely. Probably the best place in the world to read Russel's 'In Praise of Idleness'.

Went to Vyborska but twas fully booked up so ended up here in Jelsa, which is actually a bit nicer. Somehow managed not to burn to a frazzle and tomorrow off to Brac for some more exploring and to revisit Supertar after 18 years. And sample some good old Slivovica. Dovidenia!

It's so hot that my grandmother-in-law who is in her 90s has had a very bad turn...

Jelsa is nice in the sense that there's much more going on there - tons more bars etc, so it you're only there for a few nights it's probably good to stay there... but Vrboska is much nicer if you spend any length of time there as it's so peaceful and much less touristy - you tend to get coaches of day trippers turning up to Vrboska during the daytime - but in the evening it's mostly locals and people from the boats. That being said the two are so close to each other with the most stunning route to get between them (did you take the coast road), that there's not much in it.

I can't tell you how much I want to be there right now! So glad you're enjoying it. Slivovica is rank though.... the night I met gaijinboy he plied me with it and then had his wicked way... I remember once when Croatia telecom came to put a phone line in in Vrboska (at 10am), when the guy was finished we all had to celebrate with copious amounts of slivovica - then he drove off in his van to install his next phone line...

(If you do go to Dubrovnik check out the open air cinemas)

 

[gorski]

Well, did you say you had a gaijinbaby? That can't be wicked, innit...? I mean, in a wicked wicked kinda way... 'Cause it's actually wicked, innit... Thumbs up for Sljivovica!

I think it was Marx's son in law [Lafargue] who first wrote on the right to laziness/idleness, btw... In the context of the really wicked exploitation, that is...

 

[gaijingirl]

Well, did you say you had a gaijinbaby? That can't be wicked, innit...? I mean, in a wicked wicked kinda way... 'Cause it's actually wicked, innit...

No gaijinbaby though - just a massive minging hangover...

 

[goldenecitrone]

Didn't make it down to Dubrovnik. Probably too hard to get a room this time of year. It's nice to be back in a cool climate. A week of boiling temperatures is enough for me. Had a great time idling away and would like to go back maybe May or September when it's a bit cooler. Sorry about your nan-in-law. The heat never let up for an instant. Will tell you all the tales when I see you. And I won't have a word said against Slivovica. It is God's favourite tipple.

 

[gorski]

Full of flavour, too - as filled with good, ripe and ready fruit...