We took a day road trip, yesterday, to Cakovec, Croatia. It took us less than 2 hours to get there, we stayed on back roads which were wide open. Croatia does not have an open border with Hungary, so we had to stop at the border and show our passports. The Croatian officer was very excited when he saw our American passports. He got a big smile on his face and said, “Ok, yes, America!” He asked if we were on holiday and we said we were. We crossed into Croatia and entered the town of Crakovec within minutes.
The landscape was obviously very similar to Hungary, being right on the border, though the structures were different. Hungary is known for its baroque style architecture. Croatia, at least what we saw, did not share this characteristic.
We drove into town which had many people walking the cold streets. Though it had not snowed in a few days, piles of snow lined the streets in the below freezing temperatures. A large farmers market was active in the city centre. We stopped at a restaurant for lunch but realized that we had no Croatian money and did not know the exchange rate. We laughed at ourselves for being unprepared and decided we would get lunch when we drove back into Hungary.
We explored the town a bit before heading back into Hungary. It was a short trip…we had to get back home because AirFrance had finally found dad’s luggage! His three bags, which had been lost since one week before Christmas, had finally been shipped to the Vienna Airport. We needed to get home to receive the delivery of them!
Since our Christmas presents are on their way, we plan on having a second Christmas. What a beautiful holiday season!!
