Post #3 about Posidarjje, Croatia

Once settled in our apartment (Ana & Miro rent out 3), we had a chance to explore the village.  Every yard has its own garden and often there's a table at the front entrance loaded down with tomatoes, figs, wine, olive oil, and honey.  There are apartments and rooms to rent for about 50 Euros in high season and about 40 Euros in the off-season. Lots of Germans and Czechoslovakians stay here during the summer. The village has a marina for its fishermen.  There are two local grocery stores and about 20 minutes away in Zadar there are large stores such as Interspar which is like a German Walmart.

Village street with small market at the end of the day. Streets are two-way but only one car wide!

Yards are filled with grapes, figs, and bayleaf trees.

The village marina

There are some apartments and a small hotel that is privately owned.

During the heat of the day the streets are empty, but after 4PM they are alive with local residents and children

Palm trees and other Mediterranean growth abounds.

This is a grape arbor that covers a parking area.

Apartments are available for vacation rental throughout the village. Everything is sparkling clean.

An example of a front yard garden

Window boxes are a favorite

An example of three intersecting, narrow streets.

The morning fish market

Fresh from the sea and gone by 11AM!

One of several local cafe's, this was next to a bank where we could get Kunas - the local currency.  Croatia is now part of the European Union, but the currency transition to Euros is not yet in place.  When we were there, 6 Kunas = $1.

The local grocery store.  The clerks did not speak English, so it was sign language and guessing for each visit. The local schools are now teaching English to all the children, so anyone under the age of 25 does speak English if they've attended school.

The local news and souvenir stand 

Local buildings in ancient stone only partly destroyed in the conflict with Serbia.

A local memorial.

Bustling morning produce market near the local bakeries

Local boats are shaped a little differently from those in the USA.

Note the solar panels atop the old stucco'd & tiled building! We also saw many windmills along the mountain ridge-lines. The Croatians are far ahead of us in using renewable energy!

Interspar is one of a number of German and other European big box stores that are setting up shop in the region now that Croatia is part of the European Union.  But it was good that Ana was with me to interpret the labels.  Once again, some of the clerks spoke English but others not so much.  By using my credit cards with the international chip, I could avoid figuring out too much on the local currency!