A Croatian revelation ; After years as 'a total ignoramus' Hunter Davies finally discovers the delights of Istria. Just don't ask him how to find it on a map

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ISUPPOSE we all get into the habit, with age, of going to the same old places. For long hauls I always go to the West Indies, which I love dearly, but every year, for more than 20 years? That's surely a bit excessive, not to say distinctly lacking in imagination. For short hauls, it's almost always Portugal.

I know these places so well, how they work, their history, their shapes, what to order, so why change? Or so I tell myself.

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A Croatian revelation ; After years as 'a total ignoramus' Hunter Davies finally discovers the delights of Istria. Just don't ask him how to find it on a map

To get out of the rut, experience somewhere new, is the answer - which is why I found myself heading to Croatia, a total ignoramus, knowing so little of the country. Obviously I knew it had been part of Yugoslavia and experienced the horrible wars, then become independent, along with, err, well, the other countries once part of Yugoslavia - don't ask me to list them or fi...

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