Portugal, Sicily, Greece and the Balkans

[Scash]

As they say every cloud has a silver lining. Whilst we didn't get to see Plitvice Lakes, we had a night in Trogir, which is about a 10 minute bus ride to Split Airport. Trogir is about 30 minutes from the main part of Split and, as we had been to Split previously, we decided to stay in Trogir for convenience to the airport and to have a look around. It's not a Dubrovnik or Split but definitely worth a look.

Our accom was above a bar overlooking the water and and close to everything. The staff were amazing and even helped us carry our luggage up the the stairs as there was no lift. The young guy behind the bar was on his first day on the job and wasn't sure how to pour a beer or make coughtails so we actually helped him out a few times! This for me is what travel is about.

Coming in to Split airport.






View from our room.





And just general photos.



And a pub quiz

 

[Lat34]

Pub Quiz = Pivo!

 

[Scash]

The next morning we hopped on a local bus for the 10 minute trip to Split Airport for our Jet2 flight to EDI. The flight was about 3 1/2 hours and uneventful. There was a bit of a queue at passport control in EDI but it was moving along OK and we were through fairly quickly. Our bags weren't too far behind and we made it just in time for the waiting tram for the trip in to town to visit our son and daughter in law. They have lived in Edinburgh for about 6 years and bought a flat on Easter Road towards Leith about a year ago, and this was the first time we had seen it (apart from photos).

In typical Edinburgh fashion it was windy and raining with a temp of 13°c, but felt like 9°c. We had come from low to mid 30°c temps in Croatia, so this was a bit of a shock to the system. It was actually warmer back home in Noosa despite it being winter in Aus and summer in Edinburgh!

We only had 4 nights there, but arranged it so we were there on a weekend and could spend time with them. We had previously spent about 6 weeks with them in 2023 and saw a lot of Edinburg and Scotland then, so this time was spent mainly catching up with the kids.

On the Saturday evening we went to Sotto Restaurant which was mentioned in the 2025 Michelin Guide. I had the breaded lamb cutlets but they were more like battered. The lamb was nice but the coating spoiled it. However all was forgiven with the Tiramisu and Espresso Martini!




Sunday morning and the weather was still wet, windy and cold so a Sunday Roast at the local was the perfect antidote.



Followed by a visit to a new coughtail bar specialising in Mexican spirits called Chancho for a warming Mezcal Tequila coughtail.

 

[RooFlyer]

There was a bit of a queue at passport control in EDI

Any tips for landing at EDI? Be there in a couple of weeks.