IMG_3816- Opatija from our hotel window.
IMG_3817 - Next door to our hotel was the Operetta shopping centre, in a renovated 19th century villa. It was never an opera house.
IMG_3826 - Rijeka is a large industrial city and the principal deepwater seaport of Croatia.
IMG_3828 - Rijeka is Croatian for "river". The city lies along, and relies heavily upon, the Rječina river.
IMG_3829c - Vintage steam engine at the Rijeka train station.
IMG_3830c - Capuchin Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rijeka.
IMG_3832 - Headquarters building in Rijeka of Jadrolinija, Croatia's largest ferry and shipping company.
IMG_3833c - Historically, the Rječina river was often the border between warring states, so Rijeka was captured back and forth.
IMG_3835c - Heading south on the coastal highway, E65.
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IMG_3852c - Krk Island across the Vinodolsky kanal.
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