Nearing the end of my Croatian tour, can you believe I have another super tall guy to introduce. And I just realized, they got taller the farther south I went in the country. I didn’t know this, but anonymous wrote on my last post that 5 NBA players in the USA come from Split Croatia! Sorry, I like basketball, but I don’t...
Today is a very busy full day with Rakela in Split Croatia! First, a little background information about where I am! A very popular destination for visitors, Split has been around for about 1700 years and is the main administrative city to all of Dalmatia. It is also the main hub for visitors as they have a slew of ferries to choose from for exploring...
What the?? Still riding around lots of little Croatian mountain roads, we pull up to this most interesting house. And all I remember thinking was.. “What the heck?? And How beautiful it is here! I wonder if it’s for sale…. I’d love to have a crack at remodeling that one!!” 😉 Anton and Ivan have something really interesting to...
It’s not sunny, but it’s not raining either….Hallelujah! Let’s Ride!!!!!! It’s Croatia in the Mountains today… whew hew!! Meet Rakela, Ivan and you already met Anton, my host! The day before this it was raining hard so I went into Split, just 20 km down the road to wander around the historic old city. When I was...
Back on the bike today!! The Croatian motorcycle community is so supportive and keeps growing! Which greatly humbles me. Now we can trace Nikola, who took care of me in Krk and put me on to Croatian Vanja who lives in France. Vanja who put me onto Hari, and his Mother and Brother in Zadar.. and has NOW hooked me up with riders at my next...
During a visit, Alfred Hitchcock is quoted saying this place in Zadar Quay is where the most beautiful sunset in the world can be seen. For this, he gets this picture placed firmly on the boardwalk.. he obviously made the city proud. (I, myself did not see such a sunset in Zadar.. too much rain. So good thing for this poster to tell me about it!) Zadar...
In between rain bursts, I head out for a walk around my little pocket of Zadar. I see these old churches.. ev..er..y.. where!!! Most often I see them from the road as the only building perched on top of a hill.. Built long before cars, I think to myself… they must want their congregation to hike up the steep rocky hill, to work hard, sweat and suffer...
Next stop, Krk Island Croatia! After my overnight in Italy, I take the fast road back to where I was close to Rijeka, and aim for Krk Island. Two reasons… 1) it was recommended as an amazing place and 2) I put out my Horizons Unlimited request for advice in Croatia and one of the responses came from a person there. Can I just tell you that picture...
Since every moment in Slovenia and Croatia last night was riding through the dark and the rain, I had no idea where I was… and I woke up to this! Hilarious! Yesterday I was in a small snowy mountain town in the Alps, and today I am on the “Sea.. not See”.. just to be clear to Austrian readers that it’s not a lake out there.. 😉...
Today is the day to cross those Austrian Alps! The Host with the Most, Klaus has prepared breakfast, the weather report and exact times of schedule to get through before the weather changes later today… I usually do these things myself, so it was wonderful to have somebody else figuring it out for me… I’m packed and ready to go! My alps...