Friday, 11 September 2009

10-11.09 Kroatien /Croatia

We left our beautiful hotel in the Austrian Alps after breakfast. The country side changed from driving through the Alps to more flat land. We drove into Slovenia which was totally different from Austria. From Slovenia we drove into Croatia. Took the coastal road so we had Italy across the Mediterranean, it was very beautiful from leaving the vineyard we hit the plains with olives, peaches and grapes it was amazing to see that they even grow kiwi here. Reached Porec in Istria around 12 noon where we found a beautiful 2 bedroom apartment close to the beach. The water is great but the beaches are crap, all rock and stones and water porcupine. Susanne and Daniel got injured (serves them right) not easy to play the little mermaid in Istria. The people are very friendly; even though they do not speak much of English it is Italian, French or German. The food is amazing stacks of fish of olives and roast pork, Suchi would be jealous, whole roast pork on grill. The weather is perfect 25 C the beers are cold and our hosts are friendly. Went and saw a few small towns today and also went for a swim and everywhere we park the car we get questions about where the car is from. Took the car for a wash one of the best washes the car has ever had. They were amazingly fast and very efficient the car has never been so clean before. Talking about cars, everytime we get overtaken by a Ferrari or Posh or Audi, Daniel wants us to overtake them a bit difficult when our maximum speed is 180 km/h. Daniel loves the babes here. Getting ready for our long drive tomorrow, where we want to hit Greece 1200 km, through Serbia and Macedonia.

Kørte fra Østrig til Kroatien igennem Slovenien. Sikke et anderledes landskab når man kommer til Slovenien efter Østrig, alle de små schweizer hytter er væk. I Kroatien kørte vi til Porec i Istrien, det er det helt store feriested, fyldt med tyskere, italienere og østrigere. Vi fandt en dejlig lille ferielejlighed, nogle km fra stranden. Stranden her er dog kun klipper og sten. Daniel og jeg var ude og ville bade, men blev begge skadede af søpindsvin som vi stak os på. Daniel fik det på hele den ene hånd og jeg fik dem i foden. Så nu humper vi rundt, men har dog næsten fået alle ud.
I dag den 11. har vi været ude og bade, vi fandt et sted uden søpindsvin både Daniel og jeg kunne dog ikke lide at svømme ud, hvor vi ikke kunne se bunden. Desuden har kigget på hoteller i Istanbul og planlagt den videre færd. Vi fik bilen vasket hos verdens bedste bilvaskemester og hans sexede kone for den nette sum af 60 kr. Bilen har aldrig været så ren og skinnede før. Så nu er både bilen og Michael glad.
Folk her er meget venlige vi har dog lidt problemer med at klare os på engelsk, her kan de fleste tysk og italiensk eller lidt fransk. Har spist masser af oliven og drukket øl. Vi har fundet en lille favorit restaurant. Daniel har kig på servitricen og Michael kan lide kødet og i aften har de helstegt pattegris, vi skal lige have tanket kroppen op med svinekød inden vi når de muslimske lande.

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