Today we washed our clothes in the sun. We had to hand wash. We hung our clothes on a line at the front if ghe house. It was a warm sunny day and we went to a little beach. The beach had pebbles instead of sand. There were lots of little fish in the water. We are going to buy a net to try to catch them. There was a little crab that Dad tried to catch but he kept running away. Dad caught him when he went on land. Lily swam in the sea but it was too cold for me. We...

We bought a fishing line today. We walked around Tisno. It is very small. There is lots of water. We went to a small park and played. We are seeing lots of Mum's relatives. They cook a big lunch for us each day. Mum's Auntie and Uncle cooked chicken. They don't have to buy much food because they have chickens and a vegetable garden. I have never met my cousins but they like me anyway. Tisno is very pretty. We can walk everywhere we don't use the car.

We arrived in Split early morning. We drove off the boat and had our passports checked. We drove around looking for the city centre. It was hard without a map. We parked on a nature strip and walked. We found a bakery and a coffee shop that had Internet. Mum downloaded a map so we could find our way to Tisno - a little village where Mum's Auntie and Uncle live. They weren't expecting us because Mum couldn't talk to them on the phone. We had lunch and then drove t...

Today we left Linari and headed for Ancona to take the Ferry across to Croatia. We drove to Perugia from Linari. Dad lived in Perugia 16 years ago. He studied at the 'Universita Per Stranieri' - University for Foreigners'. He was excited to return. He showed us the Uni, where he lived and the small cobblestone streets. We only stayed a very short while. We drove from Perugia to Ancona through some mountain ranges. We couldn't go too fast. We arrived in Ancona at ...