Friday September 12, Zadar.

What a lovely town, beautiful hotel, SO modern, so comfortable, so nice to be here in Croatia.

Zadar - old town - is a lovely place to behold, some very old buildings combined with many new ones, however all modern buildings built to blend in beautifully with the old.

Our hotel is in the middle of the "life" in the old town, which is where all the tourists gather. We couldn't get access to our room for a few hours, on account of our time of arrival was about 8am, and the check-out time is 12 noon!!!    However, gorgeous young man assured us that he would hasten our check-in time as we informed him that we needed to be on-line to watch the Aussie Rules Final......    So, we left our luggage for a while, and proceeded to wander about this lovely town for a couple of hours - plus!!!   

Returned at about 11am and after having a coffee in the lounge below, gained access to our room by about 11.15am.    JUST IN TIME TO LOG INTO THE AFL SEMI-FINAL.....

Happy little vegemite Arch when North Melvbourne got up in the last 5 minutes to win!!!  Just as well..    Our televised coverage seized up with about 60 seconds to go in the match, and we were unable to watch any more......  Anyway, happy days here in Zadar, so had to go out to late lunch/dinner to celebrate.....

So enjoyed our short stay in Zadar, and have enjoyed the hospitality of the Croatians to all of us tourists.

Joining our boat tomorrow for our cruise, so enjoying our last night in our most luxurious hotel room - absolutely everything you would hope to have in a room, we have....... and right in the middle of all the action....   PERFECT,,,,