Euro Day 22 - Hello Croatia!

Monday, 15 July 2019

Jon and I got up early to go for a run along one of the paths that was close to the campsite (the best thing about it).  We ended up running almost 10k as we found a nice loop trail with great views all the way. The first part was bike path, the route home was along forest trails.

 

 

Back at camp we roused the children and were all packed up and ready to go at 9:30. With no prior knowledge of Trieste we had researched some things that we should do the night before, so we had a few places to go to before we continued on to Croatia.

First was a walking trail further south and along the sea which had lovely views of the coast and boats below us

 

It also had some old military emplacements with their associated tunnels: 

 

 

After about an hour we continued onto the Miramare Castle. It was a beautiful Sunday so the parking was pretty tricky by the sea as every person and his dog had come down for a lovely sunbake on the..um.. rocks. The castle was beautiful though. The most livable we've seen so far I think.

 

 

 

  

By then we were all starving, so our plan was to head to a supermarket then to the sports store Decathlon as Jett needed a new shirt and I needed to buy myself a birthday present. Unfortunately by then the waterfront traffic was crazy, and Jon's google maps lady had gone insane, so funnily enough we got to see the other highly recommended destination that we thought we wouldn't have time for -the Trieste Piazza.  Ms Google directed us right through the centre of it! Poor Jon - he did so well to stay calm. I didn't have the speed to take a photo, so this is from the web. It was very pretty, if a bit stressful!

 

Then we finally made it to the supermarket. We did our shopping then had a lovely picnic in the car park (yes are standards are very low!)

 

Then it was onwards to Croatia. First we left Italy for a short stretch of 20km in Slovenia to the Croation boader. Unfortunately the guards turned turned us back as we had come to a small crossing point which wouldn't let us non-Euro passport holders through. We had to re-route back through a larger crossing which added some extra time to our journey.  Aside from that it was fairly straightforward driving and we're now near the Plitvicka National Park which is the reason for our visit (and one of Zali's picks).

We had delicious italian gnocchi and tiramisu for my birthday dinner.  Yum.  Another adventurous day!

 

 

2017List
Euro Day 54 - Not a rest day Friday, 16 August 2019
Euro Day 52 & 53 Thursday, 15 August 2019
Euro Day 51 - Drammen & WOC Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Euro Day 50 - Hello Norway! Monday, 12 August 2019
Euro Day 49 - SOW Day 6 Sunday, 11 August 2019
Euro Day 48 - SOW Day 5 Saturday, 10 August 2019
Guest Blog: Today's tip for aspiring young uncles Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 47 - SOW Day 4 Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 46 - SOW Rest(ish) Day Thursday, 8 August 2019
Guest blog by Paul the favourite uncle Thursday, 8 August 2019
Euro Day 45 - SOW Day 3 Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Euro Day 44 - SOW Day 2 Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Euro Day 43 - SOW Day 1 Monday, 5 August 2019
Euro Day 42 - Switzerland to France to Switzerland to France.. Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 41 - Sweden to Switzerland Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 40 - Island Idle - Part 2 Friday, 2 August 2019
Euro Day 39 - Island Idle - Part 1 Thursday, 1 August 2019
Euro Day 38 - If it's easy, it's not worth doing Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 37 - What Next? Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 36 - Back into the forest Monday, 29 July 2019
Euro Day 35 - O-Ringen - Race Day 3 Sunday, 28 July 2019
Euro Day 34 - O-Ringen, Race Day 2 Saturday, 27 July 2019
Euro Day 33 - O-Ringen - Race Day 1 Friday, 26 July 2019
Euro Day 32 - O-Ringen Thursday, 25 July 2019
Euro Day 31 - Hello Stockholm! Wednesday, 24 July 2019
End of Part 1 Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Euro Day 30 - Salzburg! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 29 - Hello Austria! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 28 - Even more Bohinj Sunday, 21 July 2019
Euro Day 27 - More Bohinj! Saturday, 20 July 2019
Euro Day 26 - Bohinj Friday, 19 July 2019
Euro Day 25 - Bled Thursday, 18 July 2019
Euro Day 24 - Hello Slovenia! Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Euro Day 23 - Plitvice Lakes National Park Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Euro Day 22 - Hello Croatia! Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 21 - Dolomites to Trieste Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 20 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 2 Saturday, 13 July 2019
Euro Day 19 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 1 Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 18 - Venice to Predazza, Sea to Mountains Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 16 & 17 - Part 2 - Venice Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Part 1 - O-Nerding in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Thunder and Lightning in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 15 - Thunder and Lightning in Florence Monday, 8 July 2019
Euro Day 14 - Pisa and San Gimignano Sunday, 7 July 2019
Euro Day 13 - Cinque Terre Saturday, 6 July 2019
Euro Day 12 - Transition Day Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 4 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 3 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 2 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 1 Thursday, 4 July 2019
Euro Day 7 - Annecy to Les Houches Sunday, 30 June 2019
Euro Day 6 - From St Etienne to Annecy Saturday, 29 June 2019
Euro Day 5 - Heading towards Lyon Friday, 28 June 2019
Euro Day 4 - Castles Castles Castles Thursday, 27 June 2019
Euro Day 3 - Goodbye Paris hello Loire Valley Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Euro Day 2 - Sore Feet! Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Euro Day 1 - Paris - so French!! Monday, 24 June 2019