Split was really good fun. It was great to get back into what was basically a big city. It wasn't so big as some others, but far busier than recent places and with a much livelier vibe to it. We were looking forward to moving on though (we always do). We'd made our way through most of the sights and even explored quieter parts of the city. Now it was time to get onto our first ferry to the paradise island of Hvar! The ferry was a bit of a disappointment. W...

Going to Split was due to be our first use of the Croatia Rail-Tickets that we bought, and would likely be the only time that we use it. After this it's boats all the way. We'd be about 7 hours or so on the train but we've had cramped buses for long enough now and even an old train would give us a lot more space to stretch our legs. Shockingly enough the train was on time. In fact, it was there early. There was one change in a city called Knin so I took the ...

Now, the bus journey. It was fairly epic. We figured out we could get the bus from the stop pretty much right outside our apartment; not bad. So it got in and there were plenty of seats to spare. Then we got into Pula and a few more people got on but not many. Things were looking good. We'd be travelling through the night and we may actually be able to get some sleep on this bus. Well, about an hour or so along the road we stopped at another big station an...

Today I have a decent excuse for the lack of updates on the blog. We just can't get a decent net connection. Haven't done for about a week now. So I gotta remember where I left off last. Pula I believe. Up to Rovinj then. It's a small city just a short way north of Pula. However, through a slight bit of bad planning we still managed to make an entire day of getting to our new apartment. First we had to get into Pula centre. I thought my spine-ridden ...

Pula seems very far away from anywhere of any note. I think that's mainly to do with the train journey we endured on the way in. As I mentioned in the Zagreb post we had to wake up at 5 in the morning. A time which before this day existed only in fiction (horror fiction!). But still, the sun had arrived even before that and it was fairly light when we made our way to the station. We sat on a train for a while, sleeping fitfully and then getting to a point wh...