{"id":4199,"date":"2012-06-20T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:53:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T10:53:16","slug":"sweltering-in-zadar-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/sweltering-in-zadar-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweltering in Zadar, Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave the motorhome is parked under the shade of a tree on Autocamp Oaza <\/a>Mira in Drage, Croatia (N43.88540 E15.53308).<\/p>\n

As the sun cooled down enough so we could move without overheating yesterday we strolled down to the beach next to our campsite. Famed for its miracle mud it would be rude not to give myself a free spa treatment. So, as Jay and Charlie observed I covered myself in the mud then wandered along the beach while it dried. Once I was caked in dry mud a swim in the shallow warm lagoon waters cleaned it off. My skin now feels super soft and fully pampered after months of neglect.<\/p>\n

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I spent last night chatting with Gerti and Ignaz from Austria. They were parked behind us on the campsite in one of Dave’s slightly older brothers. We compared interiors and modifications – they won hands down as Ignaz has completely stripped down and rebuilt their engine to get more horse power.<\/p>\n

Our friend Mac helpfully sent over the football results by text – England are through to the quarter finals, no fireworks or flares going off, in fact no tv’s about showing the game. We even tried the tv in Dave, but it wouldn’t pick up a single channel – maybe they’re already digital here.<\/p>\n

This morning Gerti treated Charlie to a couple of cat sticks, in return he dutifully did some roll overs, then we waved goodbye and set off for Zadar. It was 10am when we reached the city and already baking hot. A couple of circuits of the packed streets and we found a patch of land behind a news kiosk to leave Dave. A short walk through the high rise apartment lined streets and we were at the bridge over to the old town.<\/p>\n

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We’d done a bit of research on the place and I wanted to go to the sea organ, so we planned to wander the narrow marble streets to it, see it and get out before midday. Sorry Zadar, you probably have so much more to see, but it’s just too hot to walk around. We walked along the edge of the streets to get maximum shade. Charlie panted his way along, trying to seek out his own shade, at one point wandering into a building as someone opened the door to leave.<\/p>\n

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We passed churches and roman ruins, wandered through a garden full of busts of stern looking people we’d never heard of until we reached the end of the peninsula and the customs border for those disembarking at the port.<\/p>\n

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At the Sun Salutation – a huge round solar panel which absorbes energy in the day and puts on a light show at night – Charlie did a little dance when he realised that the solar panels were too hot for his paws. When we stopped laughing we could hear the tune being played by the sea organ.<\/p>\n

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