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Opatija

6/30/2022

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A mildly early start today - we're heading back North, from one end of Croatia to the other.  It's one of the longer day's drives that we do touring - just under 400 miles.
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Unfortunately we can't tour Bosnia - our State Dept. says there's some "concerning" things happening there right now.  However, we do get to cross a 6 mile coastal section of Bosnia, as that's the only way, other than by multiple ferry legs (which we did heading South) to cross back to the North.  There is now a bridge to avoid the Bosnia crossing, but it's only 99% done and won't be open to cross for about another month.
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Both border crossings were non-events, as they just waved us through.
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The driving is easy - little traffic and safe/comfortable highway.
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We see many Germans on their Summer vacations, renting little motor homes.
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3.6 mile tunnel through mountains.  There were many tunnels, most shorter.
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There were also multiple versions of this (below) - crossings for wildlife movement - it seems Croatia is another country bolstered by European Union funding to modernize the country.
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We're here!  Opatija!  Mostly a locals, or adjacent country people, relaxing on the Adriatic Sea.
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Rubbing da belly for good luck, it's what tourists do.
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Giant potatoes, truffles, petrified bread, old cheeses, roundhenge???  Whatever it is, we found it!  We're going with "teacher with pupils", maybe even sitting stones for the real versions.
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Coastal themed church altar.
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This was a very low-key coastal town, no gigantic yachts or gaudy clubs "littering" the scenery.
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Nice open-air theater with stage events, but also serving as a movie theater with current Hollywood movies.
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A Porsche Taycan, a $90,000 purely electric 4-door high-performance sports car.  We just saw a documentary showing the development of this car, which began sales in 2020.  This would have been a fun drive to make our miles today, but we'd been about 100 miles short on range without plugging it in somewhere (we have seen a good number of plug-in stations, even along the highways at rest stops).
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1 Comment
Mary
7/11/2022 06:40:58 am

I don't understand that road sign toward the beginning of the post. Buildings can travel at 50, but not 80? What sorts of buildings go down the road?

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