36.20 Croatia: Velibit National Park, some lesser peaks, islands, fascinating clouds, all above the Adriatic.
A view of the previous visit's peak, an electrical storm on that day, from our summit. A prime position with the Adriatic below. We arrived in Strba, Slovakia, on a Friday afternoon, after traveling through a mountainous region and having stopped at a supermarket for supplies. We knew we were heading to a small town, even a village and so could not expect much in the way of shopping facilities. Little did we know how incorrect the premise would be. In the valley, below the High Tatras, are a number of towns and a large city, Poprad, with numerous supermarkets. Better more than less, good for competition and variety of products. After a restful period, Sunday would be our first day in ‘dem Tatras’. We researched, read and heard a little of these mountain ranges, the low and high Tatras. Whatever we heard and read certainly did not capture the essence of this spectacular and tough region. With a twenty minutes journey ahead on a pleasant Sunday morning, we searched for ...