Day 5 Thursday 22/9/17
After visiting the Roman amphitheatre we travelled inland to Opatija a former resort town for wealthy Austro-Hungarian families. We walked along the centuries-old Franz Joseph Promenade, a coastal footpath that stretches from Volosko to Lovran. By now the sun is out and is warming up nicely, so reminded me of the French riviera, with private beaches in front of flash hotel resorts, we enjoyed the walk with an ice-cream in hand. (yummy flavours here).
We carried on to lunch at a stop on the motorway on our way to the Plitvice Lakes where we are staying the night.
On the way we passed through a valley with many abandoned houses due to the Siberians coming in 1990s trying to defeat the Croatians so they could gain more land. Some of them stayed and over time they discovered it was too hard to live there so a lot of them left and the houses are just standing looking so derelict, it was sad to see. (a very poor area of Croatia).
Once we got into the National Park it was beautiful and we are looking forward to a full day tomorrow walking around the many Lakes here.
After visiting the Roman amphitheatre we travelled inland to Opatija a former resort town for wealthy Austro-Hungarian families. We walked along the centuries-old Franz Joseph Promenade, a coastal footpath that stretches from Volosko to Lovran. By now the sun is out and is warming up nicely, so reminded me of the French riviera, with private beaches in front of flash hotel resorts, we enjoyed the walk with an ice-cream in hand. (yummy flavours here).
We carried on to lunch at a stop on the motorway on our way to the Plitvice Lakes where we are staying the night.
On the way we passed through a valley with many abandoned houses due to the Siberians coming in 1990s trying to defeat the Croatians so they could gain more land. Some of them stayed and over time they discovered it was too hard to live there so a lot of them left and the houses are just standing looking so derelict, it was sad to see. (a very poor area of Croatia).
Once we got into the National Park it was beautiful and we are looking forward to a full day tomorrow walking around the many Lakes here.
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