Today was another delightful day in Zagreb where, like the rest of Croatia, there is a surprise around every corner. My overall impression is that Zagreb is a fabulous city that brings together the typical European blend of the very old, the quite old, the old, the recent and the brand new. It has some absolutely wonderful, stately buildings as one would expect of a capital city, but still manages to make it easy to get around and to present a vibrancy that comes...

 Despite the forecasts of a wet middle of the day from multiple weather channels, the day turned out to be pretty good weatherwise and excellent from a cultural, historical and many other perspectives. After the usual catch up with the world (including the very distressing news about the lost Egyptair flight (scarily close to here), we headed to breakfast and over indulged in a very fine buffet (LOL – breakfast included here at the Palace Hotel).As we ate ...

Today dawned magnificent day with the Adriatic sparkling its bluest best and the sky blue and clear for our journey from Rijeka to Zagreb.As our journey took in either the coast or the hilly inner Croatian countryside (lots of greenery and many, many rocky hills) similar to what we have seen before, there is not too much to report and not too many interesting pics to share.We decided to have an easy start (ie not a rush) and after breakfast in our apartment and p...

Life is good here in Rijeka, no complaints from these happy campers. We awoke after a very peaceful night (we can recommend Villa Nora highly, it is very quiet, close to the bus and there is an excellent restaurant just around the corner that has great seafood pasta (I am still enjoying the garlic in my meal)). And besides the views are amazing – see pics of the apartment (villa) building and the views.After a slow start (who has to hurry when the feet are ...

As we had hoped, today dawned fine with blue skies above and a bit of a cool wind. The air temperature was about 5 degrees so a few layers of clothes were warranted – however my hands stayed cold till midafternoon when we hopped into the car and started driving.But plenty happened before then.The park opens at 7.00 am so we were pretty keen to get breakfast behind us (available from 7.00 am), so after waking at about 6.00 am, it was a matter of getting into...