Happy Saturday Hivers how are you? Today I finally found the time to write a post that I had been waiting for for several months about the last city I visited on my trip to Croatia, we are talking about Rijeka, a city very dear to Italians because it has long been disputed and above all loved by one of our most famous poets and writers, Gabriele D'Annunzio.
However, we visited this city during our last day in Croatia and above all because this is the seat of the Italian consulate where we had to go because my husband had lost his identity document. Getting to this city was not pleasant, there was really a lot of traffic and chaos in the streets, we were used to small cities, but here the streets were full and chaotic, even finding parking wasn't easy and we parked at the top of the city, to get to the main street we walked up a large staircase, called the tersetto staircase, very beautiful, made up of 550 steps, I risked my lungs but the view is beautiful and the view of the gulf is magnificent.
Feliz s谩bado Hivers 驴c贸mo est谩n? Hoy por fin he encontrado el tiempo para escribir un post que llevaba varios meses esperando sobre la 煤ltima ciudad que visit茅 en mi viaje a Croacia, estamos hablando de Rijeka, una ciudad muy querida por los italianos porque durante mucho tiempo ha sido disputada y sobre todo amada por uno de nuestros poetas y escritores m谩s famosos, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Sin embargo, visitamos esta ciudad durante nuestro 煤ltimo d铆a en Croacia y sobre todo porque es la sede del consulado italiano al que tuvimos que acudir porque mi marido hab铆a perdido su documento de identidad. Llegar a esta ciudad no fue agradable, realmente hab铆a mucho tr谩fico y caos en las calles, est谩bamos acostumbrados a las ciudades peque帽as, pero aqu铆 las calles estaban llenas y ca贸ticas, incluso encontrar estacionamiento no fue f谩cil y estacionamos en la parte alta de la ciudad, para llegar a la calle principal subimos por una gran escalera, llamada escalera tersetto, muy hermosa, compuesta por 550 escalones, arriesgu茅 mis pulmones pero la vista es hermosa y la vista del golfo es magn铆fica.
Rijka is a city that mixes ancient with modern, there is an area dedicated to large skyscrapers and buildings which are symptoms of the strong building expansion of recent years but there are also ancient and rich streets, it is a very colorful city full of life and people, shops, bars, restaurants, a very vital and modern place. It is also a multi-ethnic city made up of many populations also because it was Italian, Hungarian, Yugoslavian and finally Croatian, there are people from all the Balkans and also many Italians. The main streets are in my opinion magnificent because they have many beautiful buildings, with an almost regal appearance, some are offices and schools but others are real symbols of the city, the smaller streets instead hide small surprises, colorful murals and delightful bistros and shops selling typical products. Now I'll leave you with some photos and then I'll come back to talk to you about this magnificent city, the Italian consulate and our return journey through Slovenia, another country that I would really like to visit!
Rijka es una ciudad que mezcla lo antiguo con lo moderno, hay una zona dedicada a grandes rascacielos y edificios que son s铆ntomas de la fuerte expansi贸n constructiva de los 煤ltimos a帽os pero tambi茅n hay calles antiguas y ricas, es una ciudad muy colorida llena de vida y gente, tiendas, bares, restaurantes, un lugar muy vital y moderno. Tambi茅n es una ciudad multi茅tnica formada por muchas poblaciones tambi茅n porque era italiana, h煤ngara, yugoslava y finalmente croata, hay gente de todos los Balcanes y tambi茅n muchos italianos. Las calles principales son en mi opini贸n magn铆ficas porque tienen muchos edificios hermosos, con un aspecto casi regio, algunos son oficinas y escuelas pero otros son verdaderos s铆mbolos de la ciudad, las calles m谩s peque帽as en cambio esconden peque帽as sorpresas, coloridos murales y encantadores bistr贸s y tiendas que venden productos t铆picos. Ahora os dejo unas fotos y luego vuelvo a hablaros de esta magn铆fica ciudad, del consulado italiano y de nuestro viaje de regreso por Eslovenia, 隆otro pa铆s que me gustar铆a mucho visitar!
First picture edited by me , translation with deepl.