Every year I toil through the winter time, each day a bit more depressing than the last, but the thought of the summer time always keeps me going. The weather in England is not suited to me. I am only happy in the sunshine, and I find the winter time hard going. The only problem with that sort of outlook if you live in England is that it can be equally as depressing in the summer! As far as I am concerned, a summer is not a summer without a holiday in sunnier climes, so I always make sure that I am able to go on holiday somewhere sunny every year.

This year my girlfriend and I decided that we should try somewhere new. We had been all over Europe in the last seven years or so, and we had been to some great places, but the problem was that we both agreed a few years back that we weren’t going to do any better than the lovely Greek island that we had discovered. As with everything, each year more and more people discovered the island, and by last year we had decided that the place had changed so much that we needed to go somewhere else.

I had read a lot about how beautiful Croatia was meant to be, in particular the coastline. Read more…

Christmas traditions in Croatia, in part, mimic the Christmas customs of Eastern Europe’s other countries, with a Croatian twist. Popular Christmas tree decorations in Croatia are licitars – handmade and hand-decorated edible treats given to loved ones on special occasions. Croatians in like manner sprout wheat and tie it with national colors along with other traditions. Christmas lights in Zagreb and other cities in Croatia produce a holiday atmosphere for locals and tourists alike.