Hotel Imperial Opatija

Felt ok when I got up which is a good job as we are moving on not to far though only to a little place down the coast we have to get the bus there which only takes about 2 hours so not to much of a trek for me as still feeling light headed and dizzy which is nothing new for me really. Want to say a quick congratulations to Collette and Ste Ians sister and husband who have had a little girl called Layla Grace saw the pictures of her ...

So we drive down to Croatia. We thought it would be a great idea to wear our bikins as we drive so we get tanned... brilliant plan... that was until we got to the border and thought, whoops. Luckliy there was a car in front and we quickly put clothes on. In my haste I put my dress on back to front and inside out.... The guy then asked if we had anything to declare and was in hysterics when we laughed and said only 3 beers ...

... 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.

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!

I jumped the bus in Pula, and headed off for Rijeka, just a hop, skip, and jump. When I left, I saw a roadsign saying 100km to Rijeka. But, this bus went everywhere but straight. After 1 hr. on the bus, I saw another sign saying 100km to Rijeka. But at least I got to see more of Croatia. I wondered why my ticket cost so much (100 konas, or about 20 ...

... 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!

... getting old). It was literally me and a bunch of retired Germans and Austrians chilling at the hotel, it was hilarious. Upon sunning near the pool looking out towards the scenic gulf I had a spiritualyl cleansing day and one of the results was this poem. "Youth and Aging" Youth is a curious vessel, A strange craft within the skin. I noticed my Ship engulfed in the sea With such fresh ...

... it was only 100m from a pebble beach and had a very natural charm. We weren't so pleased when we went to the bathroom facilites and found them to be in rather poor condition. Just to put it in context - I preferred to irreversibly damage my liver and sport dreadlocks for the three days that we stayed there rather then use those dirty stinking bathrooms. We had a fantatic time in Opatija - great food, friendly people and very relaxing.