Only two months after its first official meeting organised by the Alfa Klub, the leadership of club decided to hold a first "international" meeting, in Croatia.

The central place chosen for the meeting was agro-tourist town of Klarići, close to Pula (in Croatian region of Istra).

At about 10am the first participants to arrive were from Slovenian, the guests from the biggest Italian club to attend - the 147VirtualClub - rolled in. The members of Croatian Alfa Klub - mostly making their way individually - were arriving periodically, before a larger group coming down from North Croatia arrived at midday. Then followed the registration of guests, which number 90 - with a third of them having travelled from Italy and Slovenia.

Just after noon, over 50 Alfa Romeos - from different parts of Croatia, Italy and Slovenia - set off toward the events main destination, Pula. There were stops to take photographs of cars, and due to heavy traffic and jams that day, as well as the rainy weather conditions, some of the guests were making their way straight to Pula. After photographing the column of cars, a very fast run from Pula, saw the convoy swiftly making its way back to Klarići. The scheduled lunch stop - which featuring Istrian home-cooked food - started at about three o'clock.

Between the two meal stops, the weather had really started to brighten up, becoming much more sunny, and so it was an ideal time to pause to look at the array of Alfa Romeos and vote for them.
 

A light hearted vote by all the guests took place in five categories: 1 - the most beautiful, 2 - the dirtiest, 3 - the best sound of engine to 2000ccm, 4. for the best sound of an engine over 2000cc and 5 - the best sound of a diesel engine). After the voting took place we headed for the restaurant to eat the main meal of the day, and hand out the prizes.

The Alfa Klub President and the Vice-President thanked everybody who attended the meeting - which far exceeded expectations - and expressed their gratitude to the sponsors of club, while representatives from the Slovenian and Italian Clubs also spoke. At the end of the meeting the prizes for owners' of whose Alfa Romeo cars took wins in the five categories were shared out, and prizes were also awarded to the guest who travelled from the furthest parts of Croatia to attend. At the end we held a lottery, and this meeting - conducted in a very friendly and great atmosphere - finished soon after 9pm. The representatives of the Alfa Klub would like to express their thanks to everybody who attended, as well as the sponsors who donated prizes, the bikers from Istria, and most of all to the members of the Alfa Klub from Pula, who so ably helped in organising the meeting.

by Neven Djurovic