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Croatian summer, yet again

Departure from Graz was not an easy one. Mr. Heinz, one of our neighbours, has crashed to the garage door and disabled anyone from leaving. So, I had to pick a hammer, a piece of wood and straighten the gate a bit. Then, with another neighbour we finally managed to pull it up and sneeze with the car underneath.     

This time it was Miska’s choice purely, although I was looking for a windsurfing destination as well.

The usual issue with week cycles in Croatia means, that it’s almost impossible to book a place for whole 2 weeks, so we needed to find 2 places and be able to jump from one to another…

Olive Garden in Jadrija surprised us a lot from the very beginning… Lush vegetation, peaceful atmosphere, lot of flowers mixed in olive alley. It did not look very traditional. The reason behind is very prosaic tough. Mr. Vinko, the owner of the park has married a Thai wife, and brought a couple of Thai people to Croatia. Thai massage, esoteric music and scent everywhere.

Honestly the beach was not very special, but having a windsurfing school, the spot has proved to be good. As the wind came with some waves, it was a bit harder to practise or to improve on a new – much smaller board. But then, not much more we wanted. Peace, relax and calm.

The only trip we have done, was a short visit to Sibenik. Short, as the town and its historical centre was really crowded and somehow stinky too.

On Saturday we moved only some 30km to north west to reach the island Murter and our second destination, called Cigrada bay. Lovely bay on the west side of the island having 2 restaurants and “our” beautiful little Sunset Villa.

This was an extraordinary place, due to its numerous large terraces, stretching from the top of the coast to its waters. So many possibilities to relax on the offer. So many places to run and hide for Berry! The lovely pine trees, which separated our house from the bay – being busy during days – was great and the view on the Sunset truly magnificent!

We did not need to go and see any other places, which says it all… Actually the only exception was a short break in our kitchen, on which we visited a restaurant in Betina.

All the other days and nights we spent in Cigrada and our wonderful gardens. Ahh, yeah I managed to fix the guy’s camera.

The last day of our summer vacation, before we hit the highway for the return, we spent on the supposingly most beautiful beach of the whole Murter island – Plaza Podvrske.

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Kornati Yachting with Friends

Ready for another great adventure!? The dates were settled, destination and yacht chosen and Tomas prepared a wonderful Itinerary booklet!

At half past one, on 19th of August we all (Tomas+Lenka, Igor+Andrejka, captain Senko and us 2) met up in Sukosan – Marina Dalmacija – the greatest marina in Croatia.

Finishing the shopping procedures, checking in and on the boat, we were about to leave the place. However, as the marina was fully occupied and Senko needed to refresh his driving skills, we slightly hit a catamaran parked on the opposite pier 😱… Hopefully nothing got damaged!😇

Obviously, it took us some time to shake off the tense situation, but leaving the land in distance we just hop in the yachting joy.⛵ Saturday’s ride was reasonably a shorter one, but included a free program evening for the crew.😊

On Sunday we arrived to the snorkelling spot (potonuli brod S Michale) and then parked on a buoy near Veli Rat marina. For Monday we had the highest peak set for a goal. Although there is no track, not even a trace, we still managed to get some amazing views from the top of otok Katina. Later on, we visited the Telasica national park and its peaceful lake Mir.

On Tuesday we were up and sailing pretty early. Our first stop was Fort Tureta on otok Kornat with it’s ruins and picturesque little church. Then we managed to get a buoy in pretty crowded Levrnaka bay, just next to the fabulous Lojena beach, which we also enjoyed a bit. Afterwards, there was a party!!!  📣💃🎵

The next day we headed first to see the otok Lavsa and had a break in Konoba Larus. There, we decided to go and buy some more stuff in Piskera marina. For the evening we parked by uvala Korobacna, not the calmest one.

Sixth day on the sea we sailed along the east side of otok Kornat to the north. There we stopped for a lunch in a tiny bay, but continued further to ACI Marina Zut. Here I drank some water from the shower rooms and went off for the rest 🤢…  Unfortunately, cause Friday was a lovely day too. The highlight surely was otok Vrgada with its truly real sandy beaches. But the next stop was the unpopular one – petrol station. After an hour or so, we finally got what we needed and despite it was close, we did not crash. Furthermore, we came back to Dalmacija marina and parked the yacht in some great manners!

However, this was the last part of our great Kornati adventure. Thanks God! We all survived and even returned the yacht completely. Thank you, captains and the crew!🤗👍 Let’s repeat soon!

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Vacation in Opatija

Vacation in Opatija

Although our first vacation as a married couple was not meant to be a honeymoon, we realize, there is no reason to call it so special as it’s a sweet joy anyway 😊

And what else could have been our destination, other than the beloved seaside of Croatia?

This time we headed as close as the famous town of Opatija. We stayed in fabulous hotel of Amadria Park, offering stunning views from its rooms. Especially from Villa Royal, which was offered to us upon our stay prolongation.

Even though we did not need to go for any trip out of Opatija, on the only occasion and a visit to Moscanicka Draga, our little Husky got slapped ☹ Luckily it was not that serious and we could somehow finish our vacation and return safely home.

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Korcula with friends

Maybe because we had so much time and there was still a plenty of accommodation to choose from due to the restrictions… from 30th of August to 9th of September we chose a place at Picena bay 😊 A place from which we had to run away in kind of emergency, on the very first night.

Afterwards, Miska found a remote house in Crnja Luka (Blato), which turned out to be our destination. Having our own house with direct access to sea and some nice terraces with great sea views, hot water and the gas- operating kitchen didn’t bother. With Tomas and Lenka willing to get on a boat we made two one day trips round the coast. Firstly, taking a boat from Vela Luka we explored western area and the island of Proizd. Latter we rented a boat in Prizba and cruised along the south coast.  Looking for paddle boarding and windsurfing eventually, we also made some car trips. Our favourite place turned out to be Pupnatska Luka.

For the way back, we decided to split the long route and stop by in Zadar. Zadar has a nice historical town centre with many fancy bars, unfortunately not open at night during the restrictions. The very last day, when Kiss family was already reaching home, we still went for some swimming and sunbathing at Kraljicina beach, by Nin. Croatia rules! 😊

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Vacation in Potocnica, Croatia

Honestly speaking, we were very lucky to get our desired sea vacation in 2020. Pandemic spreading wave after wave across the world and all the necessary restrictions, made it quite hard to travel overall. From the beginning we knew, the smaller and quieter the place, the less risk we take.

Potocnica is a tiny little village with no shop no church and just a few houses. But for sure the coast with rocky terraces and small pebble / sandy beaches as well – it is beautiful. On the first day, we prolonged our stay to make it 2 weeks (at least ..:)  We deeply wish to realize a small “gradevinsko zemlijste” in there!  Btw for windsurfing, the best spot for us turned to be “Sveti Duh” beach, only 12km away. But, be careful when passing by the small bay house 😉

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Premantura, Istria

As a yearly tradition of our summer holidays, we went to Croatian coast again. Looking for a good windsurfing spot in a convenient distance from home, the selection fall on Istrian treasure Kamenjak. For our 10 nights stay ( from 29.7th until 8.8th) we found an apartment in Premantura, which is a gate to nature park Kamenjak, at the very south piece = the end of Istrian Peninsula.

The nature park offers variety of beaches in small bays different west to east. While the east side has wider, shallower beaches (e.g. our windsurfing spot Uvala Skokovica 🙂 the opposite coast is rocky with hush pine-tree vegetation, featuring beautiful sea sunsets places like Uvala Toreta and Uvala Radovica. Being there, we could not miss the great Safari Bar with its hidden corners and fun attractions.