Today started with serious disappointment from the early hours - rain and a forecast that it would continue until well into the afternoon. The main point of a full day at Plitvice Lakes was to enjoy walking around what are regarded as a highlight of visiting Croatia, but the forecast (sorry no pic of my iPod) was for 100% rain until about 4pm, with a maximum temp of 5-7 degrees.As neither JJ or I came to Croatia armed with multiple long coverings for our extremi...

Well, today certainly turned out to be quite different to that predicted – mainly due to the weather (thank you whichever woman up there who takes care of the weather). The forecast for today in Zadar and to the west was for continuous rain and for a temp of mid-teens. So when we emerged 'from peaceful slumber' thanks to great messages from afar, it was to a soggy, miserable looking Zadar and the sea beyond. If only we knew that by early afternoon w...

It was definitely a 'not happy Jan' morning – see pic. The weather forecast was for not such good weather and referring to the Yahoo weather’s hour by hour description of what the day would bring, it looked spot on – ie rain in the morning (not too heavy), some sun after lunch then thunderstorms and rain later. It turned out to all be true.So I dressed for the weather and found that my runners, jeans, several layers of tops, coat, scarf ...

They say that all good things come to an end and so it was today with our terrific stay in Split. After achieving a miracle and getting all of my stuff back into my bag and getting it and my carry on down the 3 flights of stairs, the across the waterfront to the car park, we set off to conquer more of Croatia.Unfortunately, the weather decided to match our reluctance to leave behind this stimulating and very very interesting city, and just as we got around the co...

It looks like the weather forecasters were right (overcast, a bit of rain and a bit windy) so we were very pleased that there was no day cruise for us out to the islands and visiting the caves. So we had a leisurely start then kicked off the 'outside world' day with a coffee in our local cafe - which is only several steps outside the alleyway to the bottom of our stairs.But it was not to be a boring morning as we had signed up to a Split walking tour and ...