Opatija Hotel

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 ...

... had to at least wear pants..hehe. I went snorkelling at one stage, naked of course and came across about 1000 tiny fish... it then got me worried where they might swim and I had to cross my legs and swim with my arms only after that!<br><br>Our 2nd full day we woke up to a lot of wind and I was worried our pop up top would rip off so i pulled it down and top and tailed with kathleen downstairs. The wind didnt let up ...

... 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.<br><br>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.<br>

L'arrivée sur cette île marque réellement le début de notre voyage. Cette petite ville paraît sortir de nulle part!<br><br>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 sommes en fait à 10 kilomètres de Opatija et que la ligne de bus ne passe pas du tout par là. Finalement, nous rejoignons le centre ville par un chemion caché située de l'autre côté des rails et nous nous rendons à l'office de tourisme pour nous renseigner.<br><br>Après avoir rejoins Rijeka en bus local, nous fêtons nos premièrs instants en Croatie autour d'une bière ...

... in the castle just walk aroundto see the pond and surrounding nature. <br><br>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...<br><br>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!<br><br>

Sorry, too dark for any good pictures, but here are a few attempts. This place is HUGE, with awesome, massive caverns that blow your mind, very impressive and interesting. The remains of the original internal stairs are visible in many spots, built by the original explorers ...

... and bottoms of one string bikini over top of the other, then untied the original pieces, gingerly pulled them out, and voila! Why she would need to do such a thing, I do not pretend to understand, but it was impressive. Probably disappointing though to the male observers hoping for a bikini malfunction! While there are a couple of small man-made sandy beaches in this area, the shoreline ...

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Opatija, the Croatian Riviera Dear Readers: The day again starts with rain, but we have 150 miles to go and we settle in to enjoy the drive and the views. The surroundings become progressively lusher and more forested the further north we drive. The drive commences on a freeway that eventually curves eastward toward Zagreb. At that point we ...