Stari Grad Part 4

I really loved Stari Grad, I'm sure you can tell as this is now part 4 but there was something so serene and other wordly about it. You literally felt like you'd gone back in time when walking around and the lack of tourists compared to Split made it feel rather special when walking around, like it was your own little secret.

As Winter and dark nights are starting to draw in here in Leeds, I find myself really missing the sunshine from Croatia and the lovely warm colours there, I even dreamt we were back in Split the other day.  

Location: Stari Grad, Croatia
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Camera: Refurb LC-A

Stari Grad Part 3 - The Plain

(This first photo was taken by Thomas on his phone) 

One of the main reasons we wanted to go to Stari Grad, rather than straight to the town of Hvar on Hvar Island, was to see the Stari Grad Plain. The plain is a UNESCO world heritage site as the argricultural landscape was set up by the Greeks in the 4th century and is still in use today - something that I found fascinating.

So as well as looking around the town, we also venture outside the town to try and see the plain. We didn't see a lot of the plain on our walk, but we did see some nice views of the town.

We also saw much more on our bus journey from Stari Grad to Hvar that afternoon. I didn't take any photos of that though - I was too busy trying not to look down as the bus turned some very tight corners along the mountain roads :)

Camera: Refurb LC-A
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Location: Stari Grad, Croatia

Stari Grad, Hvar Part 2

The last photo is a pomegranate tree! I suppose its odd to get excited about that but I had never seen one before and I love pomegranates. Thomas laughed at me for being excited and then even more for taking a photo but I love it anyway :)

Camera: Refurb LC-A
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Location: Stari Grad, Croatia

Stari Grad, Hvar Part 1

Our first major day trip was to the island of Hvar. We'd heard lots of great things about it and we were not disappointed. We took the ferry to Stari Grad - a town on the north side of the island and walked the short distance from the port to the small town enjoying the views and the sunshine which were both glorious!

Stari Grad itself is one of the oldest town in Europe and although it was small, there was so much to see and smile at. The streets were lovely and colourful, there were palm trees(!), people on mopeds whizzing around and I took a lot of photos.

I love this first set of photos, there's something special about the first few photos of a new place you visit - you almost feel like you have to capture everything you specifically want to remember in those first few photos so that it doesn't become common place to you as you walk around.

Also, how perfect is the Ektar film for the location?! Eep. 

Camera: Refurbished LC-A
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Location: Stari Grad, Croatia