Tag Archives: Croatia
Euro 2020 Match Day 16 – Croatia v Spain
Copenhagen plays host to the first last 16 tie of the day. Croatia On my 2015 Balkans train tour we found ourselves in Ploce. Having left the delights of Split we were hoping for another version of the same to wile away a couple of hours before catching a train to Sarajevo. Instead we found […]
Euro 2020 Match Day 12 – Scotland v Croatia
Scotland have home advantage as the game takes place at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Both teams can qualify so the atmosphere should be charged. Scotland Two years ago we visited Glasgow for a friend’s special birthday. We did the tourist stuff – Kelvingrove Gallery, Mackintosh Tearooms etc., but also took a train out of the […]
Euro 2020 Match day 8 – Czech Republic v Croatia
The not too distant neighbours go head to head at Glasgow’s Hampden Park. Czech Republic You may know how much I love Prague. The Hrad (castle) area is not only great for exploring, but its lofty position provides fine views of the city below. The iconic Charles Bridge and gold domed National Theatre are easy […]
Euro 2020 Match Day 3 – England v Croatia
The wait is over for my home nation. Perennially under achievers since their only triumph in 1966, optimism is high as ever. Is football finally coming home? England As I live in England I thought I would feature some places lesser known outside the UK. Scafell Pike is England’s highest peak at 978m above sea-level, […]
Read An E-Book A Week – Reading At A Discount
Book Cover of Drip by Drip a thriller set in Cambodia and available from Amazon
The Volatile History Of The Balkan Peninsular
The Balkans region is a wonderful place to visit, being so full of history and contrasts. You can read about my travels there in my book available on Amazon. A brief history of the region appears in the book and is also shown below, giving you a flavour as to why this is such a […]
European Train Tour #4 – Eastern Europe
Train Tours Around Eastern Europe This is more an account of several train tours undertaken between 2006 and 2014, some of which are featured in my book about train tours in the Balkans. 2006, Istanbul – Thessaloniki – Meteora – Skopje – Lake Ohrid – Nis – Sofia We were due to take a October […]
Friday Photo – Split, Croatia
My brother and his partner are currently in Croatia, a country that has seen a rapid spike in Covid cases. The U.K. has now imposed a 14-day quarantine for returnees from 4am Saturday. After failing in their attempts to get a bus to Ljubljana or Budapest (both Slovenia & Hungary not allowing entry from Croatia) […]
Friday Photo
I visited Split in October 2012 on a rail trip around the Balkans. We started the journey in the excellent Croatian capital Zagreb and then took an overnight train to the Dalmatian Coast to the wonderful city of Split, where we were met with Autumnal blue skies and a temperature of 25 degrees.
