What a lovely ride...

What a lovely ride...

Hey guys!

I already mentioned that traveling is one of my biggest passions. One thing I really like about traveling is going long distances by car. Most people are pretty happy when they do not have to use their car while being on holiday, as many of them already have to drive to work every day. It‘s different for me. My holiday already starts when I‘m sitting behind the steering wheel of my van and starting the engine, no matter how far the journey will take me.

Last Saturday I went to Croatia with my friends Shirin, Lisa and Julia. We hit the road from my place and it was a pleasure for me right from the start. We were all in such a good mood – also thanks to Shirin being a wonderful co-pilot and DJane – and so it didn‘t even matter that we were stuck in a traffic jam in Slovenia. In fact, our way from my home town to Opatja, Croatia – a drive which is usually done in three hours and a half – took us more than five hours. We had the windows down, a great mix of Florence and The Machine, Pink, Lady Gaga and a lot more on, the volume turned up very high, us dancing, clapping and singing loudly. I am wondering if we cheered up the people in the dozens of other cars or if they were just hoping that the jam would get moving soon. No, I am sure they liked it, if they didn‘t they probably don‘t know what‘s good!

Finally, we arrived in Opatja and spent some great time there. The hotel was nice and we even had a room with sea view. There was a buffet in the morning and in the evening plus free beer and wine (yeah). Well, the wine was free, yet undrinkable... Therefore, we bought some bottles of wine in the „Konzum“ supermarket, cookies and crisps, grabbed the wool blankets from our rooms and made our way over to the beach and stayed there until late at night.

On the third day we got in the car again and drove to picturesque Mošćenička Draga. There we had a delicious meal: a warming tomato soup, spaghetti with sea food and mussels, a nice steak for Shirin and ice cream and Baklava for dessert. Yummy!

On our last day (Tuesday) we checked out of the hotel with the intention to go to that nice little village again. As driving down the coast was so relaxing and enjoyable for our souls we spontaneously decided to go a little farther until we got to a place called Brseć. It was pretty adventurous moving our car through the narrow alleys, down a bad pathway to a romantic  bay. The water of the sea was freezing cold but we got in anyway just to say we were in the sea. Great! We spent our time reading or having a little nap. To round this experience off we went back to Mošćenička Draga to have another mouth-watering meal. At about five o‘clock we made our way home and now guess what...

...at a motorway service area – shortly before Maribor – we stopped to relax a bit and there it happened: our marvelous English teacher Fiona stood right in front of our car. What a lucky coincidence! She and her boyfriend were also on her way back from their holiday. It really is a small world! Meeting Fiona and her boyfriend was just the icing on the cake of our awesome trip to Croatia!