Hello from Croatia!

Wow, we sure had no idea what we were in for on our drive from Augsburg, Germany to Opatija, Croatia! Our GPS indicated that our drive should be about  5 hours to our final destination, and although we appreciate and are  very thankful we made it to our beautiful Croatian seaside hotel, it definitely did not take 5 hours, and it DEFINITELY wasn’t smooth sailing, to say the least.

So apparently our travel route took us through the Alps. Of course, we did no real research on on our actual traveling, since we are used to putting our full faith into technology… we had no idea what scenery and obstacles we were to endure. I would say it was pretty amazing..and maybe a little terrifying at times.

The mountains were absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Probably more so since they were a pleasant surprise.These photos I took from the car, actually, on the highway in Austria. 

We drove past some unbelievable sights. I kept telling Dan to stop so I could take pics because hanging out the window of the car just wasn’t cutting it for me. We finally found a rest stop that we were able to stop and take some pics with the mountains.

Pretty amazing, right?! What I find even more amazing is that Dan and I drove through 4 countries (Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia) in just about 7 hours. That is more countries than many  people will visit in a lifetime!

 In Germany and Austria we had no issues whatsoever, but once we hit Slovenia everything was quite different, and the road quality declined severely. We found ourselves driving off of the highway through little villages and then in the mountains, literally.  Extremely narrow  windy roads with views overlooking cliffs were a little  too close for comfort for me. It kind of felt like we were in one of those crazy sports car commercials driving on the side of a cliff with no barriers. It wasn’t as cool though because we weren’t in a Ferrari and it was real life.

But We survived thanks to Dan’s immaculate driving skills and here we are!

These are taken from our 6th floor balcony, and trust me, these pictures don’t give the views justice! I don’t want to spoil you with all the eye candy at once so I will post more pics through the week! Stay tuned! 🙂