Boat on Buy (37)

Sweet (water) refreshment

Another hot summer day is ahead of us, so in the early morning we start in search of refreshment in Brod na Kupi.

U Caffe bar Zrinski II We make a daily plan. Pleasant, excellent (Julius Meinl) coffee, we are currently the only guests. Here and there only a few cars pass to the nearby HR-SLO border crossing.

Is this transition only used by well-informed connoisseurs?

Along with the Cup, we will head towards the beach zone of Pressure. There are no arranged hiking trails ⁇ so we move along the road. He's learned the houses, or he's already eaten the teeth of time. There are few permanent residents here or they may not often use a lawnmower and a ‘pinelick’.

Wow, one's very lively. They echo teas, but just like that, “to the board”. ⁇ ⁇

We've been walking a lot, but we can't see the bathing area. Google Maps is unchecked. Maybe we missed it, we'll go back. Without this information, we are lost, we turn to the locals for help. It points us to the previously travelled path and the necessary persistence because there it is, at 500-600m from the location we initially reached. We postpone the search for the time after the visit to the Zrinski Castle.

Kastel Zrinski

The “Open Days” news also contributed to the choice of today’s destination. the Zrinski Castle which include a free tour of the permanent exhibition of the Natural History Museum Rijeka.

The theme “Wildness overlooking the sea” highlights the particularities of the Gorski Kotar region. According to the indications, the exhibits should also describe the relationship of the Zrinski and Frankopan families to nature. This part is not clear enough, but they certainly loved nature, so spending EU funds has justification.

The first and second floors show the flora and fauna of this region. We have experienced the simulated darkness of the mine and the mountain winds (irrespective of the fact that the fans are currently blowing warm air). A lively member of our group tried to climb (artificial) rocks. ⁇ ⁇ Ğ️

There's a children's corner on the 3rd floor. The mat is originally white on the floor. The shoes are not washed out here, so they are already “a little” dirty. Children at the tables can draw, read picture books, there is also a large canvas for projections. Our good video tech connoisseur points to a projector of too high quality (price) for such a space.

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It's stuffy, air conditioning's not working or there's no air conditioning. And there are no projections. They're waiting for the kids. We didn't meet them here today.

This is conveniently conceived, but it remains a strong impression of the already seen concept in a better performance (e.g. House of Velebit). Unfortunately, here he is vague and not yet fully functional. Some projectors show a system error, and some cabinets are still not filled with exhibits, air conditioning is not working. The display of content on individual interactive screens can be influenced. A little click on the LCD touchscreen and here we are “on the internet”. We took advantage of this opportunity, so the screen is currently adorned with seaside super fruit. ⁇

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On one of the screens we found a view of a security camera that records the parking lot. Conveniently, we see that the car we arrived in is still in the place where we parked it. We don't believe the author imagined it that way. ⁇

We're pointing the girl at the front desk to some glitches. She tells us that she is a student, and at the same time the only person today in Kaštela. The chair should not leave the workplace.

Swimming zone Pressures

A real discovery for us without any experience of bathing in river watercourses. There is no arranged parking, we park along the edge of the road. Few people, enough shade.

We recommend a visit with mandatory swimming!

Hotel Mance

The only choice in this place. There is good internet criticism, so we put our trust in him. The dish is correct, the wine is good, and the strudel is for 10.

We address a complaint to the “toll collector” who came before us after the waiter who correctly served us. He tried to charm us with the joke that the amount was round. He put it out loud, I guess the others hear what they need to hear.

OK, we take the word for it, we pay cash because, well, they're just changing banks so they don't take cards. We're also asking about the bill. He sees the devil, just bits him, tunes him up and reports him to the IRS after our insistence. Dec wines more and the numbers almost match.

We find out later along the way Google i Tripadvisor 's That we're not the only ones he's tried this on.

But the bitter end of the trip cannot spoil our beautiful day’. ⁇

P.S. At the border crossing in the afternoon, the picture is completely different. The column where our eyes go. ⁇

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