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Istralandia Aqua Waterpark

Attraction Name: Istralandia Aqua Waterpark Address: Brtonigla, near Novigrad, Croatia Phone: 052 866 90 Website: http://www.istralandia.hr/en/ Date visited: September 2014 Child-friendly: Definitely Review: Yesterday we decided by default to come to Istra, the top part of Croatia. And why? Because of a sign. A road sign that leads us here! We had checked in and talked to the […]

Along the coast to Zadar Croatia

Along the coast to Zadar Croatia I think today you might find this a bit of a pictorial post. Words cannot describe the beauty of the Dalmatian Islands along the coast of Croatia. I came along this 25 years ago in a bus on a mission trip.  It was a very different Yugoslavia back then. […]

Slipping into Sibenik Croatia

Slipping into Sibenik Croatia 9:00 a.m. and we ‘hit the road’. It is lovely to have repacked the car, and sorted out things at the apartment we had last night. We fed four cats our leftover milk that had been crying a good part of the morning in hunger. And we drove along the coastal […]

Slovenia to Croatia – simply sensational

Slovenia to Croatia – simply sensational Leaving Venice Italy, it is now time to drive toward Trieste, and then on to Slovenia. Having been told the tolls are quite high on this motorway, and also not being a motorway fan, we drive through a lot of farmland. We stop for food, and the little store […]

Venice and Murano on a rainy day

Venice and Murano (Italy) on a rainy day The last two nights we have spent in Reggio Emilia – below Milano and we wish we had longer to stay. Our friends were amazing, and the time shared was very special. So with regret, we left as it started to rain again.  We drove on to […]

Meeting ‘ Mom with Backpack ‘ from Italy

Meeting ‘ Mom with Backpack ‘ from Italy Read the great Mom with Backpack blog here. Travel has some amazing benefits. One has been to connect with other travelers. Another has been to connect with other bloggers. This time we get to meet and stay with a family who love to travel and love to […]

Falling in Love with Florence

Falling in Love with Florence Italy After two weeks of relaxing with house-sitting in the Italian hills, we are ready to see a bit more of Italy – on our tiny budget. We have just had to pay for both the cost of the exhaust and muffler to be replaced in our vehicle, and there […]

Free Italy Accommodation with Housesitting

  We find ourselves with an amazing opportunity for free Italy accommodation that we want to share with you. We find ourselves now traveling with just the 2 of us, and Explorafriend leaves us as she wanted to go to her family in Italy, so we dropped her onto a train in Rome. So our […]

BIG Blog Exchange 2014

Big Blog Exchange 2014 Then travels can continue with Random Acts of Kindness to help others along the way. So here I sit in Italy. One single Mum from Australia – Exploramum, and I sit with one 9-year-old boy – Explorason. So far we have traveled through 33 countries, and we are now in our 3rd […]

Garden Hotel Arezzo Italy

Garden Hotel Arezzo Italy Please vote for me as we would love to win this blog competition and it just takes 1 minute to add your email address and then confirm. Click Here. Accommodation Name: Garden Hotel Arezzo Italy Location:  Battifolle 36 / b – 52100 Arezzo (iscito Casello A1 Arezzi) Telephone:  0575 363363 email: info@gardenhotelarezzo.com website: http://www.gardenhotelarezzo.it […]

Pizza in Pisa – no, we went to IKEA instead

Pizza in Pisa – no, we went to IKEA instead Please vote for me as we would love to win this blog competition and it just takes 1 minute to add your email address and then confirm. Click Here. We have just been and spend several hectic days in Rome, and on the way, we had […]

Rome under Renovation

Rome under Renovation One of the dreams Explorason had at the onset of this trip was to visit The Roman Colosseum.  So with some recent changes in our itinerary, this was a surprising place to be but we are surprised to find a lot of Rome under renovation. There it is before us as we […]