Last Friday we made a last minute decision to go to Croatia for the weekend with our friends Michael, Laura and Alex. We drove to the seaside town of Opatija . It's about 2.5 hour drive from our place. It would probably be an hour if not for the road you travel through Slovinia and Croatia. As soon as you reach the boarder it goes from 4 lane autostrada to winding country road. Beautiful drive though. We stayed in an apartment with a great view of the sea.