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...