Croatia 1

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Travelled from Ljubljana to Rijeka. Rijeka is a very old port town close to the border with Slovenia. Experienced a market and saw a few older buildings. Scenery became very interesting after Rijeka. Villages on the sea and the hillsides. Our destination is Punat today which is partway down the coast of Croatia on KrK island. The hotel dates back to the 1850's and was once a Bishop's residence and has been converted to a very nice hotel with restaurant. It is walking distance to the village which is a destination point for people with yachts. There were at least 500 berths in the Marina by the hotel. We visited the town of Vrbnik which was very old and picturesque. Built on a hillside with narrow walkways leading to an old church. Stopped for a glass of wine and steamed local mussels which were fantastic. So nice to have fresh seafood. Tomorrow we plan to take a boat to a monastery on a nearby island and afterwards drive to the town of KrK which is an old walled town. No pictures tonight. The computer at the hotel is quite old with no USB port and the WiFi connection is actually the Marina across the road (too far away). May have to wait a couple of days for the pics.

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