The Grand Hotel, Opatija, Croatia (This is a better link to the hotel than the previous ones. I'm sitting at a table right behind the people in this picture)

The schedule for today was a day trip to the Roman town of Pula, but since the trip so far has been non-stop activities and tomorrow is another great day trip that includes a performance by the SJT, several of us decided to stay here in town and lounge by the pool instead. I’m going to use the day as an opportunity to recharge the batteries literally and figuratively, but I thought I’d mention one thing that I forgot in the last post.

The drive from Zagreb is 2.5 - 3 hours by bus (probably a little over an hour by car), and along the way there are several rest areas. These rest areas are similar to ones I’ve seen in the eastern US, where it includes a restaurant as well as a gas station, though these are bigger and have nicer restaurants than McDonalds.

We decided to stop for a short break at one of these areas, and as the bus pulled into the parking lot we noticed that we were next to some kind of motorcycle club. turns out the Hell’s Angels have a Croatia chapter.

OK, that’s it for me for the day. I’m off to the pool to relax, read a book, and maybe try some of that ice cream everyone is always raving about. It sounds a lot like the stuff everyone tells me about in Rome that’s supposed to be so good.

In case you can’t tell, these people really like their food. I gotta be careful though, because if I eat everything everyone is suggesting I’ll have to buy a second seat to fit on the airplane.