Croatia

Well we woke up to the scorching sun again which quickly dried off the tent. We packed up the tent just in time before another light shower (what's up with this weather?) and hit the road again. We were a bit worried because the car seemed to be a smoking a bit when we put the accelerator down hard but I think it seems to be better now. We drove down through Slovenia and crossed the border into Croatia. This is the first time we've been out of the EU in a year! As we drove down to Pula it seems that the torrential rain from last night has returned again for a second round. The rain was so hard that we decided to pull into a motorway cafe to wait it out as visibility was pretty bad. We got drenched just going from the car to the cafe (about 5 meters)! Not sure where this barbeque summer people have been talking about is, its certainly not here.

The weather has actually fined up quite a bit now that we're in Pula. There was a light shower at dinner time and despite the wet it has always been really warm (t-shirt and shorts weather). We walked around the town and took heaps of photos of the Roman Amphitheatre which features a complete outer wall. The town also has lots of other old roman buildings and ruins with random arches dotted around the inner town. I think the plan for the next few days is to slowly work our way down the coast so hopefully the weather will be good for us to make use of the many campgrounds along the way :)