Fri 25.Sep.2020
California
Imagery - Lovran, Croatia - 2008 & 2013
We are still flashing back to the Adriatic, and the village of Lovran, near
Opatija, Croatia.
A stroll up the lungomare.
Cormorants.
The cove at Ika,
Three cities in three countries, all within 2 hours drive of Opatija.
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Trieste (Italy)
Rijeka (Croatia)
(Notice that Croatians spell - and pronounce(!) - Trieste with fewer vowels than
Italians use.)
Local Color
Why travel in October?
In the Mediterranean, the worst of Winter is not yet here, the tourist hoards
of midsummer are missing, and - in this village of Lovran - you may get the
local chestnut festival; a weekend of clean family fun and hoopla in a parking
lot across the street from my B&B!
In more than one book, writer Lawrence Durrell has vivid descriptions
of folk festivals. Bravo to him!
I don't write in Durrell's league. I'll let the pictures do my describing
of the Lovran, Croatia Chestnut Festival!
The Croatian name is Marunada, from maruna = "chestnut".
Maruna sounds a lot like the English color "maroon". Is it more than coincidence
that the the German editions of Harry Potter always translate maroon as
"chestnut-brown"?
Google Translate is no help on this; they have a completely different word for chestnut!
Tough nuts, fella! That's what it is in these parts!
When the book and the bird differ, believe the bird!" - J. J. Audubon
Sorry, I remember nothing at all about any of the musical acts!
They must have done the job; people were up and dancing!
Life isn't all chestnut festivals. This handsome guy hangs out near the small
supermarket. His attitude says he is a well-kept pet, not a street scrounger.
Homes over the cove at Ika.