Adriatic coast
August 29, 2009
A trip down to the coast for the weekend. We left Friday night after work, hitching a ride down with Zvonka's dad while he wash hauling a load of fenceposts back.
I've never really made the trip in daylight before, and I saw a lot of places along the way that will have to be re-visited on a longer trip. It's about a 6-hour drive, taking the back roads to avoid the huge tolls on the highway. The highway's nice (took us only 4 hours to get back), but it's really expensive.
The Adriatic was still warm and clear, although the second day the Bora, a wind coming up from Africa, turned over the water column, chilling the sea. We spent the weekend swimming, eating figs from the trees, and generally doing very little.
I've never really made the trip in daylight before, and I saw a lot of places along the way that will have to be re-visited on a longer trip. It's about a 6-hour drive, taking the back roads to avoid the huge tolls on the highway. The highway's nice (took us only 4 hours to get back), but it's really expensive.
The Adriatic was still warm and clear, although the second day the Bora, a wind coming up from Africa, turned over the water column, chilling the sea. We spent the weekend swimming, eating figs from the trees, and generally doing very little.
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