Thomas Riedl Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 As shown in the thread "from Gospic to Split in the cab" I have had a very nice one week trip to Croatia in April 2007. So let me share some impressions with you My first location was Rijeka. I arrived there by plane and spent one night there. Sure, my first way was to the railway station... A very often shown motiv, but nevertheless nice... In the evening of the next day I continued the trip by ferry to Dubrovnik. My home for the next 20 hours - the M/V "Marko Polo" In the next morning we crossed some islands ...before we arrived in Dubrovnik - the M/S "MSC Armonia" leaving the harbour But this afternoon I didn't want to stay in Dubrovnik - I immediately entered the Bus to Ploce because I had to catch the train to Zagreb in the next early morning to meet Toma. Two hours later, I arrived in Ploce. A lot of concrete everywhere... View from my hotel balcony My hotel was no ***** accomodation but absolutely ok. There was a very nice and friendly staff especially in the hotel-restaurant! Station Ploce in the evening I had to leave the hotel very early in the morning, because at 6:20 my train to Zagreb left. I can show only one pic because the light in morning was very difficult and in Sarajevo the train was VERY full... There was one more or less funny situation in Zenica - there was a crowd of football fans (or hooligans) and they wanted to enter the train to reach the stadium some stations later. But even if they all had tickets, the staff of the train and the police blocked the doors of the train because it really was full. So the hooligans blocked the tracks..... half an hour of discussions later the staff came to the conclusion that there is place enough even in the smallest hut, and so we continued the journey like fishes in a can... But it was a good party on board... Lots of singing and drinking.. Somewhere in Bosnia The next day I had my trip from Zagreb to Split. But these pics you can see in another thread Later in the week I was back in Zagreb meeting with Toma again. We made a whole-day trip in the area of Moravice and to the northern Part of the Lika-Line. We left Zagreb very early in the morning and the first station was Moravice. then we continued to Brod Moravice and made a longer stop on a nice hill. We left this area and went into northern Lika. Plaski When we left Plaski, Toma said that he knows a very small station somewhere behind Plaski in the forest... Maybe we could find the way... Well, some trials and errors later we found and after a very steep way crossing a meadow and climbing up a hill we heavily hyperventilating arrived at Plavca Draga. Unbelievable that this is a regular stop... I imagine old ladies carrying large bags up there... unbelievable.. To catch a good pic, we had some crazy ideas... Where is Toma??? Maybe he can post a pic from his position. The view from my position was this: We met the engineers of the train in Licka Jesenica. They were absolutely shocked when they saw us waiting in Plavca Draga. They absolutely could't i imagine, how we reached this station... (well...hyperventilating... ) Now, Licka Jesenica was waiting.... Now it was time to start the way home. But not without some stops... In the middle of nowhere... ...where you could find some signs of the younger history.... ..but also very fine views... Another stop in Plaski, because of the evening time and the clouds the pics are not so good.... Finally we stopped in Ogulin and this pic was published in german magazine "Auto Bild" - in Croatia it is "Auto Blic", I think First I thought the number on the car is a joke.... So a very nice day ends and on the next day my plane departs from Zagreb to Cologne. Thanks a lot to Toma and I hope to come back to Croatia next year again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pula-Terminal Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 OMG, magnificient photos! You have a perfect taste for good photo composition. Quote TEK otvoreno! - http://ships.forumj.biz/index.htm http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Orlovic/Railway <- moje slike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 This picture is wonderfull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STIB Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd261/HZ2062/IMG_2015.jpg This picture is wonderfull ... and is on my desktop already! Quote _______________________ Pozdrav iz Zagreba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4010 029-9 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Congratulations!! Excellent reportage! Join more of them with us! Quote Kind regards 4010 029-9 ÖBB ET 4010 forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jura Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Congratulations!! Pictures are really,really good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gti150 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Thomas, Thank you for really wonderful photos, specially ship's photos in Dubrovnik. Nego...sad jedno laičko pitanje za ostale članove; gledam malo ove naše ručne skretnice pa si mislim; dali se skretnica nakon šta se namjesti za prolaz vlaka zaključa da se spriječi eventualno neovlašteno rukovanje? Vjerujem da da.... jer zamislite da nekoj klinčadiji (ili bilo kome) padne na pamet tik pred prolaz vlaka okrenuti skretnicu i izazvati sudar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICTOR Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Outstanding photos Quote Samo je jedan lučni zagrebački željeznički most: ZELENI MOST (ili Most "Sava")!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tersana boys Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Excellent report mate, marvelous.....well done!! P.s. Somewhere in Bosnia is actually , approaching Grabovica dam , down below , and the main road m-17, Sarajevo-Mostar in the background,on the right!! Quote dum spiro spero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabral Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Well, some trials and errors later we found and after a very steep way crossing a meadow and climbing up a hill we heavily hyperventilating arrived at Plavca Draga. Unbelievable that this is a regular stop... I imagine old ladies carrying large bags up there... unbelievable.. http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd261/HZ2062/IMG_1963.jpg I can hardly imagine waiting for an evening or night train on such place ... Thanks for your excellent photos !!! Quote --> Schaffner sei, des war amoi wos; so wird's nie wieder sei, des ist des Schaffnerlos --> Zwickts mi ganz wurscht wohin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milan_s Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 It takes a great deal of patience to capture unique moments, but the effort has been rewarded by excellence in quality of the photos obtained for generations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilot Babo Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Sehr schöne bilder, Thomas, danke! Am diese schiff im Dubrovnik hafen foto, hausen am links ist wo ich lebe. Eisenbahn war an die andere seite (blockiert an foto bei schiff). Quote Bonus vir semper tiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Riedl Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Thank you very much for your nice comments! Sretan Bozic i Novu godinu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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