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The Real Reno Begins

23/10/2017 Written by Helen
The Real Reno Begins

The summer has been a time for travel, seeing family and friends and lots of white-washing of walls. The house feels much more light and airy, now that the bare stone walls are much softer. And now, as autumn starts to take a hold, our thoughts are turning to the bigger renovation projects. The ripping […]

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Bale – A Hidden Gem

16/10/2017 Written by Helen
Bale – A Hidden Gem

…maybe not so hidden, because Bale (or Valle) is well sign-posted on the main road to Pula, but until this weekend, we’d not actually visited it, despite forever saying that we must. So, after spotting a great deal at Hotel La Grisa, we decided to go for it and do the Gourmet Package for €138 […]

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The Move #25

04/09/2017 Written by Helen
The Move #25

A busy summer of visiting family and friends has meant a busy time in between visits, doing what we can do ourselves to make our house as comfortable as possible for guests. Some things we just can’t tackle ourselves – new kitchen, new bathrooms, new stairs, new boundary wall – and frustratingly, we are reliant […]

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Settling In…

24/07/2017 Written by Helen
Settling In…

In a few days time, we go on holiday. Our holiday this year will be a bit different, as we’re flying back into Manchester to visit family and friends. Returning to the city that has been our home for so many years, has made us reflect a little bit on the last five months – […]

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Krk Island, Croatia

18/07/2017 Written by Helen
Krk Island, Croatia

One of the the things that excites us massively about now living in northern Croatia, is our proximity to so far undiscovered islands, very close to home. Greece has alway been our favoured destination of island exploration and we’ve never really given the Croatian islands a second thought. Until now… We’ve extensively explored the Istrian […]

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A Very Small Town

03/07/2017 Written by Helen
A Very Small Town

We are surrounded by some of the most beautiful towns and villages imaginable. Many are perched, precariously, on top of high hills, clinging on for dear life, as they will have done for many, many years. But one town that has intrigued us for a long time, is Hum – according to the Guiness Book […]

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The Move #24

28/06/2017 Written by Helen
The Move #24

It’s nearly four months since we arrived, shortly followed by every single thing we owned in the world, in our new home, in northern Istria. It’s been a whirlwind four months, filled with new places, new friends, bureaucracy, incredible weather, amazing food, new languages – and getting to grips with a stone farmhouse, parts of […]

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Discovering Istria

15/05/2017 Written by Helen
Discovering Istria

We’ve got our first guests staying with us at the moment, friends from West Didsbury. It’s been brilliant to have people we know here and to be able to communicate, once again, without having to speak in Esperanto. In fact, being able to speak without thinking. Without having to compute in your head what might […]

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Things That Confuse

04/05/2017 Written by Helen
Things That Confuse

I think my series of blogs about things which cause us confusion, will go on for some years to come. Because, at the moment, just about everything is causing us to be be confused 😉 We are muddling through, with the help of new found friends, the internet & just generally having to deal with […]

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The Outside Space

30/04/2017 Written by Helen
The Outside Space

We’ve never had huge outdoor spaces anywhere that we’ve lived previously. In our last house in West Didsbury, we managed to create quite a funky little haven, out of scaffold planks. But it was still a bit of a tight squeeze and although we loved it, we never had a feeling of space. Well, we’re […]

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The Transformation…

20/04/2017 Written by Helen
The Transformation…

The House, until we bought it, had been empty for quite a long time. It had been used as a family holiday home, but was in need of an immediate injection of warmth and a bit of TLC. Although we do have renovation plans, these are a bit further down the line as we work […]

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Causes for Confusion

19/04/2017 Written by Helen
Causes for Confusion

Our last cause for confusion centred around the Croatian banking system, which admittedly is getting a little less confusing as we just keep returning to the bank. We’re sure that one day all will slot into place and we’ll be glad of the multiple bank accounts we seem to be acquiring. But banking has led […]

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