Admiral Hotel Opatija

... she is the cuttest little baby ever well done.

So got to Opatia and had to find the hotel we got a really good deal on the hotel paying only 60 euro a night and you should see how amazing it is. I cant believe it, it was build in the 1900s and it really is a palace with huge big marble pillars and chandeliers it is so grande. Got to the room and it was as big as what our old appartment was lol with huge windows and a ...

... all so we caught the bus to Krk Town and found a sheltered spot to swim there. We then found a note in our guide book about a wind called The Bura, and you can tell its coming when white clouds form over the mountains, which they had. It can get so strong it can tip cars over! The next morning it was worse so we gave up and headed inland..... after getting the shock of our lives with the campsite bill... so expensive!!!!

Après une bonne nuit, malgré le retentissement des cloches de 5h du matin, nous voici partis, chaussures de marche aux pieds, sur les côtes de l'île. Nous décidons d'aller directement sur le versant opposé au camping pour fuire la foule. Le temps de trouver le chemin (les croates sont assez avares d'indications!), nous commençons notre randonnée sur une ...

L'arrivée sur cette île marque réellement le début de notre voyage. Cette petite ville paraît sortir de nulle part!

Les îles de Cres et de Losinj ne formaient qu'une à l'époque des Liburniens (1600 av J-C). C'est pour faciliter la navigation qu'il construisèrent un chenal d'eau de mer au niveau de la ville d'Osor. Aujourd'hui, Cres et Mali Losinj font partis des villes principales des 2 ...

... nous pensons pouvoir récupérer la ligne de bus Rijeka-Cres. Notre surprise est aussi grande que notre déception quand nous découvrons cette minuscule gare au milieu de nulle part. On se croirait revenu 50 ans en arrière, le contraste est total (mention particulière au chef de gare derière son bureau et sa liasse de papier, parlant un anglais impeccable)! Le problème, c'est ...

... in the castle just walk aroundto see the pond and surrounding nature.

The rest of the day we spand in the Internet bar on the way to Lipice workin on our blog, not easy work guys; believe us...

In the evening we continue our way to Liice to see a lot of horses :-) We park just near the stables, very bad night,Alena can't fll asleep at all... it will be a looong night!

... ago. A very worthwhile stop.

It was about 500-600 steps down to walk through the whole thing and come out the other end.....where the elevator back up was broken, meaning 500-600 steps to climb back up outside the exit, lots of fun on this boiling hot day!

... quite a number of hours lying around, swimming, listening to some talking books, lying around, swimming... We did take a break to go and replenish the water and have a late light lunch bite to eat but, until the shadows covered the concrete, we were there.

Annie had a childhood memory come flooding back to her today; a lot of the tourists are German and Austrian and, when they go to the beach, the first ...

... agencies and the first one told me that no one would be operating trips to Plitvice and the second one said we could have a trip, but it would be more than $100 per person. Just as I was giving up hope of seeing this UNESCO listed national park, our host Kristijan came through for us and was able to find a friend who is a guide who could do the trip for a total of just 1400 kuna (about $300). I jumped at the chance and asked him ...

... and Karen were told to look for " the World Blue Unbrella on the dock, and a message would be there for them when they arrived to join " the group". What they found was not only the unbrella, but Jim and Paul enjoying an assortment of local brandy's set out as a welcome. All of this accompanied by music of the region. What a welcoming party. The "group" was then off to shopping for the girls, and " walking" for the boys. We were to meet at Plavi ...