Hotel Ambasador Opatija

... We did have some lunch out I had ham and eggs and Ian had a vegetable lasagne mine was nice but Ians was tasty apart from the mushrooms in it yuk!

Did not do much really to talk about the place is like Llandudno with some great hotels and a sea front and a little harbour but the weather was terrible so we just chilled back in the room its really cold but I had the biggest bed ever with the fluffiest pillows just what I ...

... br>We then drove over to Krk Island to the resort of Baška... as I said before there were only 2 campsites and the one with shade was a naturists one so we thought ahh, why not. Hmmm, it was an experience.... there are some things you just dont need to see which is namely fat naked men with their things flapping around in the wind. We got brave enough to bare all on the beach but I couldnt quite get to walking around ...

... les poissons et éviter les piqûres d'oursins. Le paysage côtier est magnifique et l'eau limpide. Nous répèterons l'opération 1h30 de marche plus loin, puis sur le chemin du retour.

Cette journée nous a ouvert l'appétit : dîner dans une "spaghetteria" sur le port accompagné d'un succulent vin blanc et retour à la chambre pour une bonne nuit.

... toujours voir la chambre avant d'accepter, les tarifs sont peut-être moins élevés que ceux pratiqués par les agences de location mais peuvent réserver des surprises!

2ème conseil : préférer les agences de location car les chambres sont classées en étoiles. Vous pouvez également vous fier aux panneaux accrochés aux façades des maisons. Si vous êtes à pieds, les catalogues proposés ...

... et d'un met italien à la terrasse d'une pizzeria. Le centre-ville a l'air animé mais Rijeka est le 1er port de Croatie et les abords de la ville sont très "industriels". Malgré tout nous nous baladons un peu en attendant le catamaran pour l'ïle de Cres (départ tous les jours à 17h). Si les hauteurs de la ville n'ont que peu d'intérêt, le centre et le canal sont à découvrir.

... 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!

The first of our bus rides over we now need a place to stay. Annie had read about a few places including one built in 1844. Just near where the bus dropped us off was an accommodation agency so we went in only to find it was a homestay agency. Clearly we were not the first to make this mistake as the lady in the agency told us a bit about the local hotels and then kindly offered ...

... pick up some supplies for the next few days for when the shops would be closed. Opatija is a very pretty town, with amazing buildings from the Austro-Hungarian period. There are so many grand hotels here it's easy to see what a glorious place it must have been in its heyday. Even now it must be a happening place in the summertime. Unfortunately one of the few days of rain that we have had on this trip meant that our last minute ...

... The boys went back for power naps and the girls went shopping. and enjoyed the local Hemmingways Bar on the shore. A guided tour was arranged for the small towns and fishing villages in the area for the next day.(see pictures attached) After hiking around ,the typical group lunch was enjoyed in the highly recommended restaurant Bevanda located bayside. That night at 6 we sailed to Trogir enjoying a wonderful dinner , the sunset and later the full moon.