Further south, the Adriatic coast becomes quite dry. Up here though, it
is lushly grown with an eclectic mix of northern and sub-tropical
flora.
Pampas grass, palms, chestnut, some kind of oak, some deciduous trees I
don't know the names of, but they grow in Germany and not Calif. And of
course bamboo. And those big-leaved plants that look like
banana trees but aren't, A delightfully liminal climate.
![aabove the lungomare backlit bush by stone steps](pix/2008/img_5896.jpg)
Can anybody
identify these birds? They look to me like cormorants, but
bigger than California cormorants - more the size of smallish swans.![big ol' cormorants birds on offsshore rocks](pix/2008/img_5888.jpg)
![along the main drag palms and trees with sea behind](pix/2008/img_5814.jpg)
![the trail to Učka backlit trees on winding dirt road](pix/2008/img_5471.jpg)
![the big baamboo bamboo stalks](pix/2008/img_5448.jpg)
![oak leaves on the path to Učka dry oak leaves on road](pix/2008/img_5439.jpg)
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