Croatian Coast

Phil had business meetings and a congress at Opitija, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. As it was 'half term break' for the boys, we decided to join him. 

After an uneventful hour flight to Munich, and an hour flight to Zagreb, we were collected by one of Phil's work colleagues for the 2 hour drive to the coast. She had been shopping at had bought us some bottles of water, lemonade and snacks for the trip.

It was a long trip, and Alexander got a bit car sick.  This is not something new, however the work colleagues driving was a bit jerky and this doesn't help.  Luckily with Alexander, you get a bit of notice that he is about to throw up.  He tells us that he doesn't feel well,  lets out a full bodied yell, gives you about 10 seconds, then delivers.  Having no chance to stop on the freeway, I upended the plastic bag of food and drinks and he vomitted in that. Thank goodness there were no holes in that bag. However, I was also left holding the bag of sick for about 45 minutes, until we could pull off the freeway! I didn't want to tie a knot in it, in case he needed to use it again. So, I just had to hold it tightly, so the smell would stay in the bag. The things you do for your children! The hotel was lovely, and we had 2 rooms with adjoining doors. Great coastline, we had a lot of overcast days, but it was still very warm, but no chance to get sunburnt. Our hotel is the pink one on the coastline with the grey concrete arched pillars, which was the terrace area.

We did a lot of walking around the coast line of Opatija. The paths were really great, and found some great playgrounds, cafes and rock pools.