Topdeck: Zadar

On our way to the Plitvice Lakes in northern Croatia we stayed for one night in a town on the coast called Zadar. After a couple of busy days in Dubrovnik most of us chose to have a bit of a chill out day, so we got a pizza, climbed the highest accessible building in town (as all good tourists should) and headed to the sea-front.

When sunset came Matt and I were caught sharing an intimate moment by the paparazzi. We were both secretly quite proud of how it had turned out though – we even thought about approaching the Croatian Tourist Office to see if they wanted to use it on their posters.

Our little group enjoying the sunset.

Next Stop: Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

Topdeck: Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik was one of my highlights of the trip: a beautiful city, great weather and an unforgettable night out.

We did most of our sightseeing on the day we arrived – we saw the harbour…

…Onofrio’s Fountain…

And this bloody gorgeous church among other things.

During our only full day in Dubrovnik we went on a little boat cruise to a few islands just off the coast. It was advertised as having unlimited wine, which it did. The only problem was that it was served out of a 10 litre container which was probably originally used to store paint thinner (it certainly tasted that way anyway).

We all got a bit adventurous with our food that night with seafood platters. I’d never eaten anything with the eyes still attached before so I thought it was a bit deal. That was until I saw one of our fellow travellers, Pete from Singapore, literally destroy a fish (including all the meat around the skull) using nothing but a dessert spoon.

We went out big that night. There were over 30 of us so we basically took over any bar we went in and danced incredibly poorly to the distain of the locals. We ended up at a beachfront club which had double beds on the sand and managed to break one by fitting ten of us on it - we were promptly banned from using them. A few of our group took this as a queue to go skinny dipping, but I decided not to (I didn’t want to make anyone else feel inadequate, obviously).

 The night ended throwing stones into the water on a beach near our campsite in almost complete darkness – the moment that made Dubrovnik special.

Next Stop: Zadar, Croatia