Awesome day today. Igor our guide for the day took us to all of the above. First off we were at the stud farm. The horses are 'Lipizannas'. A breed that is apparently great for pulling royal carriages and for generally looking pretty. They go for €2,000-50,000 and there are about 7,000 in the world. 180 of them were at the stud farm today and apparently they only breed on mare to every 25 male horses. Crazy... And just so we're all clear no horse butt jokes please people!
Next was a massive beautiful catholic church, I'll spare the photos. Followed by a beautiful nature reserve. The nature reserve includes Tito's summer castle/palace/house. Tito was leader of one of the largest partisan movements in WWII and united Yugoslavia. Croatians loved him and basically believe that after he died everything went downhill. The place is a bit run down but still it looked like it was pretty :)
After that we went to Croatia's first eco house and farm. It basically means organic, with the house being built from entirely natural products, except the glass I'm guessing. Lunch came completely from their garden and farm, of course organic and completely delicious. Wooden furniture handmade by owner. The house is held together with wooden rods, not nails. The roof is straw from the nature reserve etc. The wife refused not to have electricity, and who can blame her! I loved the furniture, which was sealed with special natural lacquer from Austria, so I took lots of pictures.... Dad, fancy a retirement project?!?
Tomorrow we cross to Novi Sad in Serbia.
A x
Next was a massive beautiful catholic church, I'll spare the photos. Followed by a beautiful nature reserve. The nature reserve includes Tito's summer castle/palace/house. Tito was leader of one of the largest partisan movements in WWII and united Yugoslavia. Croatians loved him and basically believe that after he died everything went downhill. The place is a bit run down but still it looked like it was pretty :)
After that we went to Croatia's first eco house and farm. It basically means organic, with the house being built from entirely natural products, except the glass I'm guessing. Lunch came completely from their garden and farm, of course organic and completely delicious. Wooden furniture handmade by owner. The house is held together with wooden rods, not nails. The roof is straw from the nature reserve etc. The wife refused not to have electricity, and who can blame her! I loved the furniture, which was sealed with special natural lacquer from Austria, so I took lots of pictures.... Dad, fancy a retirement project?!?
Tomorrow we cross to Novi Sad in Serbia.
A x
If there's such a thing as an after life I bags not coming back as a male Lipizanna. Allan H.
ReplyDeleteLove the rustic furniture, those stools!!! are very interesting. I'm still with you on the journey, just not commenting. lol S.A.
ReplyDeleteAmanda!!! You are standing near a horse :)
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