Istria Peninsular Croatia, here we come

Our night in Padua wasn`t the most peaceful we could have hoped for as the road near the Sosta seemed to be a bit of a short cut for Padua commuters and a rail line nearby became quite busy in the early morning. The cost was only 8 euro including electricity and water and became even better value when I received notification on my Revolut card that the payment I made on entry had been refunded ! I`ve no idea why but it`s very welcome to receive a freebie.

The Revolut card is excellent in that respect, it is app based so you need a smart phone to use it but every time it is used you receive a text alert to tell you.  They also offer excellent exchange rates so you can load your card with £`s and do the exchange at any time when the rate is good. The rate is usually slightly better than buying currency at say Post Office or ASDA currency exchange. It can also be used at ATM`s.

I agonised all evening over which way to head today, south towards Florence and Pisa or more east towards Slovenia and Croatia. There are still thunderstorms in Slovenia so it was decided we would forego the delights of Tuscany for now, and head to the Istria Peninsular in Croatia.
I also struggled to find campsites in Tuscany that I liked the sound of, so more research needed there. I hope we can get to Tuscany on this trip, but we`ll decide later.

We left, but not before checking emails from Camping Venezia Village to see if my fridge part had arrived……. It hadn’t !

So off we set towards Croatia, and yes you guessed correctly as I did, as we were on the Autostrada, along comes the email to say the part had arrived in Venice. Too late to do anything today.

We arrived in Novigrad, Istria, at Aminess Sirena our selected spot, and what a lovely place it is. I think most of the Istria Peninsular is good but after the campsite we had in Rosolina Mare, this is like a breath of fresh air.

Much more to our liking. Rosolina Mare was ok, but this is so much nicer without the happy hippy Italians. I can`t really put my finger on what it was about that site but something was slightly amiss for us.

We got a pitch here about 60 yards from the sea, nestled in amongst the pine trees for some shade, we could have gone closer but being a tight wad, I wouldn’t pay the extra !

Free fast wifi too, great showers and a ten minute coastal path walk into the small town.

Anyway I`m very happy to be here for a few days, I think were going to like it. So much so that I might even speak to Venezia Village and see if they will post that part here ?

So await the next instalment of tracking the ebay package across Europe !

I didn’t take any photos today but plenty will follow tomorrow.