I mentioned this offhandedly the other day, and it’s something I have to remind myself of whenever I’m tempted by a resort type holiday. Let me explain. It all started in 2011, aka that time we stayed in a resort down the road from Split, in Croatia… It had been a busy time (I think; I honestly can’t remember) and we thought we’d give a beach holiday a try, having been city break people up until that point. I found a hotel deal, off we went, and then we realised there was an actual real life living breathing Roman palace…
What do you do when you’ve got three hours before your flight leaves from Split airport, and you’re about 45 minutes drive from Split itself but passing the motorway exit for somewhere called Trogir? If I’d been behind the wheel that day, I’d have put my foot down and gunned it for Split. It’s a place I’m overly fond of, having discovered it quite by accident during a supposed beach holiday that S and I booked – our first beach holiday as a married couple in fact, back in 2011. We had no idea that the nice beachside hotel we’d booked was…
After a blissful first half of our quick jaunt to Croatia, our second half was a little more eventful. That’s holiday karma, right? Day 3 We ended Day 2 by making the most grand plans to get up at 6.30am to take a ferry to the nearby island of Pasman. When the alarm went off at 6.30 the next morning we hastily reconsidered these plans in the light of the following: 1. It was pouring with rain 2. I’d not slept well on account of being in the process of Coming Down With Something 3. We realised that we were…
After positive feedback following the last ‘what I did on my holidays’ post, I think I’m just going to go right ahead and do another. This last weekend I was in Croatia, road tripping up the Dalmatian Coast and staying in a seaside resort. It was a pure R&R holiday, which my husband and I don’t traditionally do too well at. We like seeing and doing things, you see, not sitting and reading. However, we decided what we really needed was to sit and read, so the challenge was on. Did we manage it? Well… Day 1 After a civilised lunchtime flight, we…