Croatia has an amazing 5,835km of coastline with 1,185 islands in the Adriatic, but only about 50 are populated. The largest island is Krk (near Rijeka) which has a land area of 462 square km. The climate is Mediterranean along the Adriatic coast, meaning warm dry summers and mild winters, with 2,600 hours of sunlight on average yearly - it is one of the sunniest coastlines in Europe!
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Jablanec
A short boat ride from Jablanec is the traditional home of Martin Ticak son of Jure Ticak. Martin Ticak received International fame with his 'Strong Man" performance at a Chicago World's Fair at the turn of the last century. Martin's children Matt, Mijo, George (Jure) and Masa came from the nearby village of Vranjak.