We're baaaack!

Just came back from a short trip to a three Croatian islands. We had a great time!!!

First, we booked four nights on island Krk in town of Punat. We arrived there in the evening and went to check out the town's promenade. Then, we had a supper that I am still trying to forget (I think you have to be really good to make meat taste bad :-( ). The evening was so hot, and our apartment had no A/C (first lesson of this trip, always ask for A/C in your room), so we had to leave doors and windows open to get some airflow to cool of the apartment.

Well, fresh air came in but so did a commando pack of battle-hardened mosquitoes! It is really hard to sleep when you can hear mosquitoes buzz around your ear. What an unnerving noise. We had a really crappy sleep, so we decided to call the owner and try another place. Luckily, the owner agreed to return most of the money (we had paid for the full four-day stay in advance) so we were off to another adventure. Decided to try another island.

We took a ferry from Krk to island Cres and visited a tiny, quaint town of Cres. It looked beautiful, like something you've seen on a painting of a small fishing village. We spent about half and hour there and then took off for the island of Losinj (islands Cress and Losinj are connected by a 10 metre bridge).

Town of Cres

We drove to the town of Mali Losinj (a little bit bigger than Cres but still beautiful) and stopped by a travel agency to inquire about vacancies. The agency staff would only show us the really expensive stuff (100+ Euro = CAD160+) so we decided to search on our own. We found a street where every house seemed to have an apartment for rent. So we looked at probably 20 apartments until we found a place that matched our price/comfort ratio. :-)

The apartment was really nice, and it had A/C!!!! The view from our balcony was great, and I have a picture to prove it. :-)

We spent the next three nights visiting the core of Mali Losinj, Veli Losinj and beaches in the area. Veli Losinj had the best restaurant by far. They made all their food on a wood burning grill and stove so everything tasted SO GOOD. Their pizza was heavenly and their cevapi were the best that I've had in Croatia. In addition, this restaurant (Fortuna Grill) was charging half the price of all other restaurants. Go figure!?

The trip back on Tuesday was interesting. On our way back from Mali Losinj, we took a detour to a tiny (population 20) town of Lubenice, situated at a top of a cliff. A friend recommended we see this town as it is close to a beautiful beach (30 minute walk from the cliff) and a beautiful view from the top of the cliff. Nice place but getting there was a bit scary. To get there, we had to driving on a narrow one lane road with 6-foot stone walls on each side. I was praying not to meet a car coming from the opposite direction as it would not have been fun.

View from Lubenice

After the visit to Lubenice, we got back on the road and got home safely. I would highly recommend visiting the island of Losinj, and the town of Mali Losinj, to anyone who intends to visit Croatia. It is such a beautiful and serene place.