Tuesday 5 June 2007

A Paddle in the Adriatic Sea

We travel to the Adriatic and someone continues to knit.  "Where is the sand? All we can find are these rocks and we have thrown 200, 165 (Cameron's estimate) of them into the sea!"


We were about a month ahead of the high tourist season. It was easy to get a table in restaurants, and the beaches were quiet and the sea was warm.  Phil ad the boys had a great swim, although it took ahile to get used to the pebbles under your feet.


There were many small fish swimming about in the shallows, and Phil really jumped when a slightly larger one decided to have a nibble at his toe! This beach is at Medveja, several km's around the coast from Opatija, Requiring a ride on a local bus to Lovran and then a 2 km walk. It was really beautiful, and worth the effort!
The kids enjoy climbing on the rocks, and looking in the rock pools. 
They found lots of crabs, but Phil wouldn't pick one up for them to look at closely....they did have big nippers!
Grandpa, here we are practicing our throwing technique when we visit your fish pond next month!
More stony beaches on our daily walks meant more chances to throw lots of stones into the ocean! The boys could keep doing this for hours....(and did!)

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