Ljubljana to Krk

You are now entering Croatia

Day 11

Ljubljana (Slovenia) to Krk (Croatia)

We had one of the most peaceful night’s sleep, amazing considering we were parked in a car park with a railway line running alongside. We think the trains tiptoed out of their standings just so not to wake us .

It turns out that the units we were parked next to are actually used by a motorhome repair business. How nice is that, to provide parking for weary travellers.

Both of us felt quite sad about leaving Slovenia, we didn’t expect it to be so nice and all the people we came into contact with were lovely. It’s definitely going to be on our list to revisit.

The drive to our destination in Croatia was about 3 hours and once off the motorway we were into mountain roads which were very pretty.

Before we knew it we were coming to the border crossing. It’s very civilised, there is a sign announcing Free Passage and all of the barriers are up. There are also welcome signs in various languages. Croatia came into the Schengen agreement just at the beginning of this year. It was strange to see lots of police on the other side of the road, observing and stopping vehicles crossing from Croatia into Slovenia .

We had to go through a number of tunnels and then seemed to descend for longer than we climbed? The road runs along the coast and the views are amazing. Blue seas and misty islands on the horizon.

Getting nearer to our campsite on an island called Krk, the terrain became familiarly Mediterranean, dry land and rocky with sprouts of green and raggedy trees. We have chosen a campsite as parking places such as Aires are very rare in Croatia.

The campsites in Croatia seem to be very big and include camper and caravan spots as well as cabins and lodges. Our welcome was first class and as we have the ACSI card we practically got a BOGOF. 2 nights for €51! It has everything you could possibly need, heated outdoor swimming pool, dog beach, top class bathrooms and washing areas plus an entertainment village with something for all ages. It’s a bit wasted on us but lovely to see now and again. Sort of like the opposite to what we get when parking for free somewhere . It appears that we are the only Brits here at the moment .

We chose a spot with a view through the pines of Krk town and marina. At night it is lit up so we don’t close the blinds until very late.

View from the camper tonight

We took Meg to the beach and then for a woodland walk along the coast, once again rough underfoot but every now and again you get a lovely little stony beach to sit and stare out at the beautiful sea . There are blue and white markers on this walk and we discovered that they are marking the Croatian Camino.