Today we made it to the Adriatic Sea for the first time. The next couple of weeks at least, we will be slowly driving down the coast towards Greece. Everyone we have met has told us that the Croatian coast is one of the most beautiful places they have been and we are looking forward to finding out for ourselves.
Our drive over today was on a brand new and lightly used series of toll ways. Croatia is joining the Schengen Zone, and is also converting to the Euro on January 1st, which makes them full on members of the EU. It looks like they have spent quite a bit of money on infrastructure development in preparation, and you can certainly see it in the toll ways. While they are not cheap they are very well built.
Our planned stop for the day was Porec where we plan to spend some time exploring tomorrow. As we were coming into town Ton saw a new Lidl so we swung in there for some shopping. The refrigerator is now fully stocked again.
We had picked out a campground last night, and even though we arrived pretty early they were full. I had picked out an alternative which was described as a gigantic campground with over 500 spots. So tonight we are in a campground with over 500 RV sites and a couple of hundred sites of trailers, glamping tents, and cabins. It is incredibly immense.
This site occupies a whole peninsula sticking into the Adriatic and includes a fun island which is a real island, a waterpark, and a concert venue as well as a village square with a grocery, pizza restaurant and a couple of bars. It is unlike anything we have ever stayed at. They do have 500 spots, but about 350 have been closed down for the offseason.
After a convoluted check in process that was not very Premium Resort like. We settled into the most expensive campsite we have stayed in in Europe. While it is expensive the bathrooms and showers are indeed premium so we decided we would enjoy the luxury for two nights.
We spent about an hour walking along a pathway along the ocean. It was our first sunset on the Adriatic and it did not disappoint.
