I’ll admit to not really knowing much about Rovinj before we went. In fact, I’d go so far as to say just three short months ago I’d never even heard of the place. The original plan was to go island hopping. We’d spotted cheap flights to Croatia’s Pula and it seemed the ideal starting point […]

What is it with Croatia and ‘hidden’ bars? And what is it with my insistence on finding them? My last time in Croatia saw me circling the famous walls of Dubrovnik looking for the inconspicuous “Cold Drinks” sign that points the way through to the fantastic Buza Bar. And now I find myself on a bike, […]

One wrong move and I’m a goner. A split-second loss of concentration, an over-exaggerated movement… a sneeze. Oh god, please don’t sneeze.  I don’t even feel the need to, yet now I’m worrying about sneezing. My mind’s wandering. Stop. Concentrate. Back to the road ahead. What I can see of it anyway. Or it’s over […]