Rijeka, Croatia

Rijeka

Rijeka is a bigger city, as evidenced by the huge port (Croatia's largest) and the abundance of very vivid urban art, which is to be found on otherwise blank concrete walls. There is also a fair amount of graffiti as vandalism, but for the most part, it is not found on monuments and historic beautiful buildings.

There are lots and lots of beautiful buildings of Austro-Hungarian influence, all handsomely decorated with figures, faces and facades that for the most part seem to be in need of cleaning and attention. Again, there just doesn't seem to be the interest or concern or money to bother with preservation of these fine monuments.

The weather turned nasty, and the rain was relentless. However, I still managed to see quite a bit of the city and it's important monuments. One of the most interesting ones was the Trsat Castle in a part or Rijeka that looks down on the city from up on the hillside. It is a really sweet castle - kind of dainty and petite if you can imagine! The rest of the parts of the city that I explored were in the old city, where there are seemingly countless reminders of the Romans.

I will now attempt to add a photo to this blog entry, of the castle. Fingers are crossed!!! Of course the addition of each photo ends up at the top of the entry, and it is impossible to shift their positions. This is one of the frustrations of this blog, that I cannot put the photos where I want them. Alas, it might be time to switch to a different blog server....