Archive for December, 2005

Christmas in Karlovac (Croatia)

Posted by: Melanie25th December, 2005

We made our way by the ever reliable bus service to Josips grandparent’s house in Karlovac. When we got there we were still a little disappointed to see that there was no snow but it definitely was chilly. As usual our adventure in Karlovac always starts off with some food and hugs from [...]

Novi Vinodolski (Croatia)

Posted by: Melanie19th December, 2005

Well here we are again in Croatia! But this time we got to see a few different faces and places. My dad’s sister Anna moved from Australia with her husband and three kids about 5 years ago to come and make a new life in a coastal town called Novi Vinodolski. I was really excited [...]

Trieste (Italy)

Posted by: Melanie18th December, 2005

From Venice we made our way by bus to a town in northern Italy called Trieste. It was really just a stop over on the way to Croatia as you can catch buses from Trieste to Rijeka (Croatia). It’s the cheap way to get to Croatia as flights are still not super cheap like some [...]

Venice (Italy)

Posted by: Melanie15th December, 2005

Venice is a well known city in Italy which is also known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It definitely has a wonderful and old feel but I bet no one told you about the dog shit  that is smeared all over the city floor and I’m sure on everyone’s expensive [...]

Josip’s Christmas Work Party!

Posted by: Melanie9th December, 2005

Josip was lucky enough to have found a job before we head off for our 6 week holiday next week and this was with a company called chilli sauce. As it is now that time of the year again Christmas we were both lucky enough to attend their Xmas party function.