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Recette pour 6 personnes - 3 pigeonneaux de 0.500kg - 300 g de panais - 0,5 l de crème liquide - 150 g de pruneaux dénoyautés - 50 g de beurre - 100 g de crépine - 1 tête d ail - 2cl d'huile d arachide - Thym, laurier - ½ botte persil plat - 300 g de choux de Bruxelles...

Don't know about feral pigeons, but Popeye's grandad used to breed racing pigeons, and those that didn't make the grade ended up in the pot.

+1 for the yacht club. We walked from there to the airport to meet sister-in law (but cheated and got a taxi back). Much cheaper than Gouvia, but "facilities" fairly basic

Have just put a fitted sheet on "for sale" forum

From shipshape bedding, packet opened but never used-boat sold :( New £36, selling for £10, +p/p

Tiger with teeth It may be long winded, but it works. Decades ago, Belgistan applied VAT on 2nd hand car sales - ruled illegal by EU, and ordered to pay, retroactive several years. Several other tax cases (Scandic, Cobelplast....) overruled application of national tax laws. General rules of...

EU <> Eurozone The EU certainly has jursisdiction over member states' taxes, in so far as any tax levied has to be applied to nationals / EU citizens alike.Hence the aborted Greek attempt to tax only non-Greek boats, and current Italian propsals to tax all boats. True, they could hike "kurtax"...

Now that Croatia is all set for EU admission, maybe things will change? I don't think they'll be able to maintain their cruising permit fees, but maybe the "kurtax" (just spent a weekend in Dunkirk, where "taxe de séjour was added to hotel bill). But this can only be charged when using municipal...

A couple of cyber-pals bought brand new Hanses, and had quite a few probs with things to be fixed from new. Recently had our Bav surveyed in Greece, surveyor had poor opinion of Hanses in general.

Tax treaties Same income cannot be taxed twice within the EU. So even if I gat a Greek tax number (unlikely in the near future) will not have to both BE and GR tax on my BE pension.

Customs regs? There are limits on quantity of vino and alcohol imported - have not seen evidence of control arriving by air or by car, but there again, it's difficult to get a cabin sized quantity of wine into a car boot!

Mooring Semptember 2010, N Croatia- Silba, Zapuntel, Olib,Ilovik - anchoring not allowed, obliged to take a buoy,around €20 a time

Explanation of cultural differences..... This from a Lancastrian living in Wallonia (PS Lancs/Yorks animosity goes back several centuries,just after Jan van Gent was duke of Lancaster!): Yorkshiremen are reputed to be "close to their money",cool to strangers, don't smile easily.... a horrible...

We've "done" the whole coast from Pula to Dubrovnik over several seasons (2003-2010) We would not go back to the north - Kvarner/Kornati - not keen on lunar landscapes. Not to be missed, the waterfalls at Skradin, the ancient cities of Sibenik, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, the islands of Mjlet and...

Croatia is a very loooong country. Do you intend to do the whole north-south, or maybe stick around Dubrovnik and islands?