When English writer Geoffrey Chaucer described April as the welcomed month, ending the drought of March and bringing forth spring flowers and new growth, he might have been talking about Croatia. When I visited the skies had opened up, bathing the land in much-needed rain and returning nature's bounty. Lilacs, narcissus, crocus daffodils and budding fruit trees were lending fragrance to the air. The farmlands were sprouting and the glorious nightingales were celebrating the new season of hope and expectation. At any time of year, this is a destination worth a visit.