Sunday 21 August 2011
Given that Internet access was becoming increasingly elusive and an important part of where we decided to stay, Camp Serena turned out to have not only that (gratis), but the most spectacular view in a Big Sur kind of way. Luckily for us, they had a few spots open and we chose one with 180° view of the Adriatic. After parking in our sweet spot we all decided to take a dip. Nicole started down one path, and Charles and Dian unknowingly down another. Once Dian and Charles were at the beach they couldn’t locate Nicole but weren’t too worried. Amazingly they reunited in the middle of the sea. Pretty wonderful when you consider there were 200 campers and many places to enter the sea from.
After we awoke, we got fresh bread and had coffee with the family next to ours. They gave us tips on routes, good as gold, because Christian works at the Auto Club in Munich and is very well connected all across Europe.
One last dip before we split to Split. It’s a big city and we braved driving in to see what we could see, like Zagreb. Then we went back to the coast where Charles’ hard-earned research paid off. A camp he found that looked good turned out to be gooder than good.
Given that Internet access was becoming increasingly elusive and an important part of where we decided to stay, Camp Serena turned out to have not only that (gratis), but the most spectacular view in a Big Sur kind of way. Luckily for us, they had a few spots open and we chose one with 180° view of the Adriatic. After parking in our sweet spot we all decided to take a dip. Nicole started down one path, and Charles and Dian unknowingly down another. Once Dian and Charles were at the beach they couldn’t locate Nicole but weren’t too worried. Amazingly they reunited in the middle of the sea. Pretty wonderful when you consider there were 200 campers and many places to enter the sea from.
The manager, Milan, an animated host, offered us some of his own Raki and sherry with a large die that you could roll to choose which of the six numbered bottles you wanted to taste. We liked the ones he called "Penicillin" and "Antibiotic." His daughters Georgia and Maria also gave the camp a welcoming feel. Charles had an interesting discussion with employee Sanda (a civil engineer) about comparative education systems.
We had dinner listening to the wind blowing in the pines, then as the winds died down we listened to live music wafting from the restaurant. We fell asleep to folk songs and distant waves lapping.
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