There is the French Riviera. There is the Italian Riviera ... and then there is the Croatian Riviera. Pleeeeassssseeee check out the latter!
I came to Croatian (Lovran, to be specific ... and also Opatija) for holiday for the 4th of July, missing my mainstay of Martha's Vineyard the whole time on the journey to the Croatian coast, even though I had heard so many great things about "the jewel of the Mediterranean", but little did I know how beautiful this part of the former Yugoslavia really is. Don't walk here ... RUN! Seriously.
We arrived on Thursday early evening after a nine hour train ride from Vienna. First we hit the beach ... and oh, what a beach it is -- clear, blue, magnificent. And the boardwalk! Wow! 12 kilometers of magnificence! Then the next day we did an eight-hour boat ride to the neighboring islands -- Cres and Krk. Actually, there are almost 1,200 islands in Croatia. Amazing. And I can"t even begin to tell you about the people we met on the boat. Actually, I will tell you, but not tonight. It's late.
Then, the nerve -- a three-day jazz festival in town (And Natalie Cole is coming to Croatia on 24 July! God I hate that I will miss her!). Anyway, I will post photos and let's plan for Croatia in July 2011! Who is in?
Love you!
Alison
12-26 p.m., 7 July 2010
I came to Croatian (Lovran, to be specific ... and also Opatija) for holiday for the 4th of July, missing my mainstay of Martha's Vineyard the whole time on the journey to the Croatian coast, even though I had heard so many great things about "the jewel of the Mediterranean", but little did I know how beautiful this part of the former Yugoslavia really is. Don't walk here ... RUN! Seriously.
We arrived on Thursday early evening after a nine hour train ride from Vienna. First we hit the beach ... and oh, what a beach it is -- clear, blue, magnificent. And the boardwalk! Wow! 12 kilometers of magnificence! Then the next day we did an eight-hour boat ride to the neighboring islands -- Cres and Krk. Actually, there are almost 1,200 islands in Croatia. Amazing. And I can"t even begin to tell you about the people we met on the boat. Actually, I will tell you, but not tonight. It's late.
Then, the nerve -- a three-day jazz festival in town (And Natalie Cole is coming to Croatia on 24 July! God I hate that I will miss her!). Anyway, I will post photos and let's plan for Croatia in July 2011! Who is in?
Love you!
Alison
12-26 p.m., 7 July 2010
