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Arriving in Croatia to a new language, currency and climate (read: very very hot) we 
weren’t sure what to expect. Along with a lot of other European visitors we enjoyed some holiday time in Croatia finding small owner-run campgrounds, quiet beaches for swimming and many shady spots to sit out the heat of the day. Here are some facts and figures from our time in Croatia:
- 733 km cycled (longest day 78 km, shortest day 37 km)
- 9 nights in campsites, 4 nights free camping, 1 nights in real beds (in a caravan!)
- 9 days we went swimming (all in the ocean except one fresh water swim at Krka Waterfalls)
- 6 pieces of Burek consumed
- 5 days we cycled in 30 degree plus temperatures
- 4 ferries caught with our bicycles
- 3 days we left the tent up – though we cycled 30 + km on two of those
- 28 words of Croatian learnt
- 0 punctured inner tubes (although we did help a stranded cyclist repair two punctures)
Justin will remember: sweating so much I thought I was going to drown on dry land and cycling through the barren landscape of Pag Island
Emma’s best lunch: buying fresh fish and filleting it at the waters edge in the pretty old pirate stronghold of Trogir. It may have been messy but it was damn tasty.
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Camp Croatia
Good weather, figs, apricots and plums in season, clear blue water for swimming – we’ll try not to bore you with too many of the details of our trip down the Croatian coastline, but suffice to say that the soundtrack playing in our heads was that of our summer holidays. – Posted by Emma
Day Of Food – Croatia
We tried to document a Croatian day of food on three different occasions, failing each time to capture our evening meal – maybe it was sun stroke? We finally managed to photograph every meal on our last day in Croatia. We stayed in a caravan within a campground with a kitchen and we invite you to admire the fine china used for our dinner. – Posted by Emma
France By Numbers
Entering France to sunny skies and 24km of downhill we thought our endless summer of cycling had truly begun. It quickly turned unseasonably cold, but camping in the snow, cycling through prehistoric gorges and learning how to make bread were all things that made us forget the weather. – Posted by Emma + Justin
Italy By Numbers
We’ve always loved Italian food, and while we had some substandard focaccia and gelato in Italy, overall the cuisine lived up to our expectations (oh and the scenery was spectacular as well). We left food heaven with more insect bites than we arrived with, possibly more weight (see gelato figures below) plus fantastic memories of the roads we travelled and the people who stopped to talk to us in every small town we passed. Here are some facts and figures from our time in Italy. – Posted by Emma
Spain By Numbers
We had 34 days in Spain and we can’t yet say that it was the best country we’ll see on this trip, but it sure beats our rainy exit from the UK. Spain, we’ll miss your chocolate filled croissants, hospitable people and wonderful tarmac (most of the time). – Posted by Emma + Justin
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