Krk

I suppose the first thing to say is that the place Krk, with it's absence of a vowel has led us to calling the place Kirk. Although logically it could be Krik, Krak, Kark, Kerk, Krek, Kork, Krok, Kurk or Kruk, we just so have plumped for the Kirk tag! 

We strode down the hill into the town, Jasper was in his t-shirt it was so warm! (16.9 degrees outside - stat provided by Lidl digi thermometer).

We very easily found the old town down at the end of the harbour. It was a stiff breeze to say the least, the boats in the sheltered harbour rocking with a certain fervour, but the sea was a beautiful colour, and the sky was generally blue to our left, but mostly black to our right. Thankfully the wind blowing to the right (North) kept the rain away.

The old part of town took only a short time to dispatch. Everything was shut! But there was a lovely feel about the place.

If I remind you about the 'Republic of Ilminster' post, well the only addition I would put to that post, is that we quite like Islands too. So I will expand our river and start digging a moat when we return!

I digress, as we finished our amble around, we did find one shop open. And what a find! We were hoping to find some local produce, but sadly not. Instead, we found a lady painting away. Her work immediately appealed to us. She was a very engaging lady too, and the fact she had a helpful cat certainly helped the clementsfamilyontour team feel at home. We did buy some art from her. We have got this far without finding any art that we both like. Our short and pleasant stay on Krk though has appealed to us both and the paintings/ink drawings we now have are a very happy memory. See: www.galerija-dagmar.hr for more information about Dagmar and her work.

A beautiful place which we are glad we have visited. I suspect Croatia may be on our 'return to' hit list. The only thing that has thrown us here is that the Euro is not the currency. Instead, the Croatian Kuna is the currency of choice. Standing at the ATM getting money was slightly unnerving. Probably not in the same sense that I think it would be in China getting YEN, but still a little so. The numbers were big. Our minds were manically trying to convert to pounds and then to euros. Something like this. 1,000 Kuna =  £100 = €125. 

One more day here and then we head on on Monday. Northwards to Slovenia for a couple of days then  Austria.