A bit early, but still: Croatia as a FFE meeting 2006

Hard Venom

Well, Amon showed me some pictures a while back of Croatia and I looked at some pictures of Opatija last night, and lo and behold I managed to write some lyrics today after 3 months with writer's block. So I guess the enchantments were inspiring

 

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Opatija by the sea.

If that inspired you, than you should visit Halls of Barbara Celjska, the Black Queen, in North Croatia.

Rojc is an abandoned building in Pula used for practije chambers for musicians, gathering of metalheads on weekends and rock/punk/metal concerts. It is pronunced like German word Roitz.

 

Heh, you had me thinking it was a city!

And Black Queen, hmm. Any relation to one Countess Bathory?

 

No, Opatija is a city. Well, more a town than a city. It is very close to the sea, that is one of the things that makes it so enchanting. Amon's picture is in fact an alley. Opatija is very close to my home city, so I know almost every part of it.

I found a picture of a part of the town, but it doesn't show all of its beauty very well. It is the best photo I could find, though:
Opatija
This is what the most buildings look like:
Villa Opat

You should ask amon more about the Black Queen. I know only that such a person existed, but I don't know how she got the nickname.

 

No, I meant Amon had me fooled into thinking that Rojc was a city

 

Nice pictures of Opatija. I've been there only once, but town is beautiful.

I haven't heard of Rojc. It must be a local thing. I've heard of a guy named Rojc. Some famous guy in history; Karlo Rojc. Amarth, does that have to do with anything?

 

The Black Queen was actualy a smart woman on a powerful position who practiced Alchemy (hence the nickname). She was also interested in Astronomy which annoyed the Church, but due to her royal status they couldn't burn her or anything.
I havn't been to her Halls, I only heard that they exist somewhere in North Croatia.

The building is actualy called Fort of Karlo Rojc, but I have no iddea who this guy was.