hi mumsy, sorry have been slack in the news department.
email is v pricey
here. All is well, we are in Dubrovnik at the moment
which is such a
beautiful city, hard to imagine it was under siege not so
long ago. Rooms
here are expensive compared to what we were paying in
Turks so we have been
renting private rooms from little old ladies who come and
meet us at the
ports. The house we are staying in the moment has shell
holes in it, which
is a bit of a spin-out. You just dont get shell damaged
buildings in
collingwood....well perhaps around chopper's house you
do...
The weather has been extremly hot the entire time we've
been in Croatia.
38degrees most days. The locals are saying they've never
seen it this hot in
June. Lucky us! It has made it hard to get out and see
stuff..but it's great
swimming weather, the water is lovely and clear and there
are plenty of
nuddists around to amuse us.
We will be heading back to ˇagreb in a couple of days
picking up the c˛ech
visa and then onto Slovenia and C˛ech. On the road
again!
Anyway better go and cool down somewhere!!!!
Also, most distraught about my pies. what's eddie doing??
lots and lots of love cara
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11/6/2003
Hi mumsy - no news this
tuesday? looking forward to hearing about your long
weekend? On the
croatian island of hvar at the moment, the town itself is a
really lovely medievil
town - a maze of tiny stone alleyways covered in
bouganvillia, painted
shutters, geraniums, all things typically mediterrean.
Drawback is there are
too many fatcat germans and other rich europeans
waving their euros
around, and anchoring their 50ft yachts in order to take
a skinny dip. Not the
most pleasant sight, but nonetheless source of much
amusement to myself and
greg. Ah well. Cant have the world to myself i
guess....
Cant report much on the
local cuisine as it is pricier here then we
anticipated. Have been
living on fromage and bread. Saving up for a big
yummy dinner in a few
days. Can report that the beer is cold and reasonably
priced though. Croatian
wine is supposed to be better then quaffable, so
will be reporting back
shortly. yet to bump into his holiness - will keep ma
eyes peeled.
keep
me updated!!! lots and
lots of love - love caraXXXXX
hi mums - a quick one
while in transit. back in ˛agreb now - spent last
night travelling on bus
from
we all stay awake with
him - piped loud tinny euro
pop through the
speakers all night -
things spiralled out of control when he put on the
Grease soundtrack at
distortion. Anyhoos
arrived here a bit dazed and confused at 6 this morning
trekked for 7km to pick
up Greg's czech visa (he's holding me back with that
useless australian
passport!!). Have booked a seat on a train - it leaves in
three hours for
Lubljana. Greg is coming down with chest infection so has
decided his staying put
at the station until then. Last seen, he was sprawl
out over platform 1
surrounded by backpacks and guide books, calculater
in
hand, trying to get his
head around the slovenian currency rates. His good
like that.
Temperatures have
dropped thankfully.
storm on our last day
there. It was spectacular. The city lost power for an
hour or so.
The bricks and colour
scheme sound like a winner. Pity there are problems
with the two drawing
guys. that's the last thing you need...tell them to get
their act together! Ros
emailed me about meg's communion. I sent her a post
card wishing her a
lovely day (i surprise myself sometimes!). Enjoy your big
one out and let me know
what you decide with the job!
Better go and rescue
greg, before he starts calculating how much the south
african rand has
devalued in the last two years. All
my love Cara XXXXXXXXX
hello hello, here i sit
manning the reception desk at the
university residences.
Doing a good job aswell, have given a few sets of
keys out to students,
very efficiently too. Perhaps I should look into a
career change? There's
a big jazz festival in town at the moment, all the
hotels are booked out -
we found the last bed in town here at the uni.
Since my last report,
we've moved on from
stop in
and peaceful, two
rivers met in the middle of town which gave it a tranquil
atmosphere.
We didn't expect to see the bombed buildings and craters, they
were an eyeopener. Saw
the houses of parliament where the people rioted and
brought down slobodan,
that was really interesting.
and relaxing, spent
most of our time bobbing around in the adriatic. We were
hit by a heat wave
while there so we couldn't do too much sight seeing, 38
degrees for an entire
fortnight, stifling.
town is an absolute gem
and seems to have recovered well from the war,
although the house we
stayed in still had some obvious shell damage which
again, was an
eye-opener.
vibrant. Stumbled upon
that Jazz fest and indulged in a couple of vinos and
a bit of chair dancing.
Greg is asleep upstairs dealing with the flu. He can
sleep soundly though,
with me on the reception desk making sure things are
running smoothly here
at
Making our way on to
Bled then Czech tomorrow.
Take care all, hope
you're well. Cara X
We are in
we opted to stop off in
as the train straight
through was going to cost us a phenomenal amount of
money, we thought- no
that can't be right? we can do it cheaper by stopping
off in Salzbourg. Yep,
a disasterous decision!.There were no hostels
available and we had to
fork out a heap of euros for a hotel, then got stung
10dollars for 2 cokes,
then missed our connecting train to czech and had to
stay another night in
expensive hotel there.
Ahhhhhhhhh! we have spent a lifes savings in about 2
days!!! Now in czech
and staying in very cheap hostels and drinking cheap
50cent beers - things
are looking up! cesky kromlov is a beautiful midieveil
town, i haven't seen
anything like it before - amazing.
Dad and mum, thanks for
the cyber banter - it's almost like i'm there.
Still in Czech, we left
Krumluv and headed to
with a
it was a delight - not
a tour group in sight, relatively undiscovered by the
hoards. Locket's first
hostel had been opened up two weeks previously, so we
were one of the first
groups of crusty backpackers to stench up their bunk
beds...my goodness we
smell. Tried to leave Czech yesterday for
unable to find a bus,
so we are stranded here in
days. Not a bad place
to be stuck. Found a gem of a hostel, also new. A
whole apartment to
ourselves, double bed, kitchen, loungeroom, wonderful
bathroom, big soft
towels, sauna available... all for a measly 12 aust
dollars each! So
nervous I am going spoil the starched white doona with my
backpacker aroma, my
goodness I smell.
film festival, in
league with carnnes and sundance, according to the locals.
Sadly it seems we will
miss the celebrations which start tomorrow night as
we'll be on the bus
heading to the
here in
territory to cover
between now and then..enough to make my head spin, and
bottom ache in
anticipation of all that bus travel...
The progress on the
house seems to be slow. Do you still think you'll be in
by Christmas?
Better go - love to you
both and the boys. Hopefully will talk to you
tomorrow!
Love Cara XXXXXXXXXXXXX