Croatia - Beautiful off season !

We cycled in Croatia 10 days ! We would say that we’ve been very lucky so far ! Although it always depends on your point of view.

We already have our first impressions: Croatia is definitely not flat at all, even more ups and downs than in Slovenia ! But Croatian people are as much welcoming as Slovenian. Besides, it’s very hot and we already struggle with the heat.

To sum up a bit, we were hosted 4 times by local families et did beautiful encounters !

Normally, at the end of the day depending on the weather, the feeling and the place we are, we simply ask people if we can pitch up a tent in their garden or fill up our bottles (because water is hardly nowhere). That’s how we manage to take a good rest from time to time and above all discover local culture !

One particular encounter we made was meeting Slavka and Janek in Bruška, just before entering the Krupka Canyon. A little Croatian babuszka Slavka, as soon as she saw us in front with f her house, she came down from her terrace to offer us to come and eat and sleep at her house (when we just wanted to fill up our bottles...). An incredible hospitality that we have tears in our eyes when we rethink about it.

Apart from that, we did several wild beautiful bivouacs, always either asking for permission or hiding well not to be bothered!

What’s more ? We already broke our tent … (twice actually). First time, the unbearable strong gust tore up a tent while we were trying to dry it on a beach… (very small piece but still…we fixed it immediately after with our super isolating tape ;))

And second time, just before going to bed while tying up the bicycles for the night, my bicycle collapsed on the tent breaking up a hoop... Disaster… but we managed to repair it rapidly 🙂

Besides ! We crossed the Pag’s island by bike. We literally thought like we were landing on Mars or at least somewhere in Oman. Incredible !

Up until now, we did only one touristic attraction: Krka National Park, to admire outstanding waterfalls and take a stroll in the nature 🌲.

For the first time we left our bicycles hidden in the forest to do a little hike to Krupa Canyon and we were stressed all the way… it’s quite a weird feeling to use our legs for walking while everyday we use them for pedalling. So not having my rear view mirror was a funny feeling !

Well, it’s pretty difficult to express everything what happens to us because every day is soooo intense but at least this is the gist of it!