Thursday, February 10, 2011

Laginjina 19 (c/o Vanja Mijic), 51000 Rikeka, Croatia

After falling for a craigslist scam (enough said), we got a 105 sq. meter, recently renovated, three bedroom apartment.  It's an 8 minute walk down to the heart of Rijeka's old town, and a 15 minute walk back up.   Apparently, this apartment hasn't been inhabited in nearly 20 years, so everything from towels to the coffee pot are brand new.  All but one bedroom has beautiful views of the entire bay, plus mount Ucka, and from the balcony, we can see the sunrise and the sunset.  The weather has been unseasonably warm.  We've been able to go out every day with light jackets or sweaters.  Although our satellite TV has about 500 channels, it's mostly Armenian game shows, arabic phone sex commercials, and Croatian cooking shows.  My German isn't polished enough to understand all of South Park.  The kids are so starved for TV that they watch cartoons in Italian.  
Living Room

View from our balcony

Kitchen (balcony opposite door)