Day 941: 2013年3月23日

Rijeka to Split, Croatia (Hostel Adria)

85,746km to 86,137km = 391km

今日は曇り。でも気温は8℃とそんなに寒くない。

It's cloudy. But the air temp was around 8℃, so it was not that cold.

一昨日と昨日は高速道路を使ったから、今日は一般道で行ってみよう！

Recently I was too hurry riding down south and used the motorways, so today I took the local roads.

クロアチアの地形は山がいきなりアドリア海に落ち込んでいるから、中々複雑。岩の荒々しい崖や斜面に道路を造ってあるから、クネクネ曲がっていて面白い。

The land scape of Croatia at Adriatic Sea is very interesting. Those Ricky hills rise up just from the sea shores. The road goes through those places, so there are lots of curves! I enjoyed riding through the curves!

ぱっ、とした景色がなかなかイイ感じ。

Those sceneries I could see while riding were quite good.

なかなか停まること出来ないから写真には納められないけど。

Unfortunately, there weren't much place to pull over, so I could not take much photos.

この景色なんて、ノルウェーのフィヨルドを彷彿させてくれる。

This one reminds me of fjords in Norway.



湾が深くて、街がその奥にあって。

The bay is narrow and deep, then a settlement is located at the end of the bay.



道路はこんな感じで造られている。地震があったら一気に崩れそう。

The road is built like that! If there is an earthquake, everything will come to fall!??



しばらく海岸沿いを走り、今度は内陸へ。

I rode along side of the coast and then went inland.

だんだんと標高が上がって行き、標高600メートルを超えたら雪が残っている。

The altitude rose pretty quickly and I started to see some snow remaining on the road side above 600m high.

気温も4℃！寒い。

The air temp dropped to 4℃! It was cold!

所々に村がある。農業が主体だろうけど、冬場は寒いね。

There were some villages along the way. I reckon the main industry here is farming, but in winter time it would be too cold to make anything.



更に標高は上がり800メートルくらいまで上がると、辺りは雪だらけ。気温も2℃まで落ちた。

The altitude got higher and at around 800m high, the fields were covered by snow entirely still. The air temp went down to 2℃!



湿地の池が凍っているところも。

The surfaces of some swamps were frozen...

しばらく山の中を走る。ガソリンスタンドで給油休憩したり、スーパーで食材買って駐車場で昼飯食べたり。

I had to ride in the plateau for a while. I made a few stops at a petrol station and a supermarket for lunch.

で、ついに降り！標高が下がれば暖かくなる。しかも、晴れ間が！

Finally, I came to descending! As I came down, it got warmer! And it was getting sunny!



が、しかし、ここら辺からGPSがおかしくなってきた…。

But, but, my GPS started to behave funny around here.

オンとオフを繰り返すのだ。

It went On and Off all the time...

電源はちゃんとつながっているし、一昨日買ったばかりのGarmin純正の充電器だぞ。

It was connected to the power and the charger was just purchased 2 days ago and it's the Garmin genuine one.

田舎道だからいいけど、街中でこうなったらナビどころではない。

As I was still riding in the country side, it wouldn't really affect me much, but if it happened in the town, I would have navigation problem...

電源を外すし、バッテリーで作動させると問題ない。フム、何がおかしいのだろう？

If I took off the charger and used it with the internal battery, it worked fine. I wondered what was wrong.

まぁ、道はわかりやすいのでそのままスプリトまで向かう。

The way to Split was very clear without the GPS, so I kept riding.

スプリト直前に山から降りてきて、アドリア海に再会！

Just before Split, I came down from the mountains and met Adriatic Sea again!

スプリトを過ぎて東へ。

I passed the city and continued to the east.

今日の宿「Hostel Adria」はスプリトの東郊外に位置している。

Today's accommodation "Hostel Adria" is located in a small town called "Jesnice" at the east of Split city.

海岸沿いを走るのだが、アドリア海が美しい。

I was riding along the shore and the scenery was so beautiful.

が、しかし、GPSで住所を入力してあったのだが、全然見つからない！

But I could not find the hostel! I turned on the GPS again, but there was no sign of the hostel...

何回か行ったり来たり。人にも訊ねたが、なかなか見つからない。

I went passed many times. I asked people but still no success.

ようやく、この辺かな、というところで停まって辺りをうかがっていたら、おじさんが、「あそこだよ」、と教えてくれた。

Finally I came back to the origin. I trusted the GPS location. I pulled over and looking around the place. Then a gentleman told me "There is the hostel!"

看板は出ていないし、ネットの番地と違うけど!?

It did not have any sign and the street number was different from the address shown on the web!?

でも、ここで正解だった。

But he was right!

これは見つからんわ。

No wonder I could not find it by myself.

ガレージがちゃんとあって、早速エスペランサを中へ。

The hostel has a proper garage and I parked Esperanza securely there.

苦労して見つけた甲斐もあってか、目の前はアドリア海と言うことなし！

It was worth finding this hostel as it is in front of the sea! A nice setting indeed!



どうもシーズンオフ中らしく(そらゃそうだ)、宿のおじさん、おばさんも客が来るとは思っていなかったから、部屋が準備出来ていない、と。あれ、ネットで予約したんだけど。

It's in off season (of course), and the owner couple did not expect any guest, so the room was not ready... I made a booking on the web though.

いいねぇ、このいい加減さが。ラテンではないけど、ここはダルマチア。古代ローマ帝国の属州だったからラテン的なノリなんだろう！

Well, it doesn't matter! It reminded me of Latin America. Well here is Darmatia - the former colony of Roman Empire. So people here probably have some Latin DNA!?

宿もなかなか良い感じ。

The hostel itself seems nice too.



部屋の準備をしている間、海を眺めて過ごす。

I was waiting for the room done seeing the sea.

だんだんと陽が暮れてきた。

The sun was setting into the sea.



部屋からも海が一望。

I have the sea view by myself from the room balcony!



当然他に客は居ないから、個室状態。

Of course, there is no other guest, so I can use the room just for myself.

でも、淋しいな…。

But I'm lonely...

ここも周りに店がなくて、スーパーまで10分くらい歩く。しかもスーパーは品揃えが悪く、ろくな食材が買えない。

There is no shop around the hostel (again!) I had to walk quite a bit to get to a shop. The shop was small and they did not have much selections.

それ以外は良い宿だけど。

Otherwise, it's a good place to stay.

さて、明日はスプリト観光でもしますかね。あのローマ皇帝ディオクレティアヌスが隠居所として創った街。その隠居城も残っているのだ。楽しみだ！

Well, tomorrow I will go to the city of Split and do some sightseeing. There is Diocletian Palace in the city (it was the origin of the city). The first Roman Emperor who retired from his throne before his death. He made his retirement palace on Split. Very interesting!

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海から、崖、山、雪、また海へとクロアチアは変化に富んでいて走っていて楽しいです。

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