The Croatian Alfa Romeo Club, the Alfa Klub, which is growing rapidly as it brings together the many enthusiasts of the Italian brand in Croatia, has just held its second Christmas 'meeting', this time in the city of Karlovac. Following the success of their first "Christmas Lunch" event last December, the club decided to make the get together a regular "tradition", and so a second Christmas gathering of Alfa Romeo owners' and enthusiasts' in Croatia was organised.

This year the location for the "Christmas Lunch" was the historic and picturesque City of Karlovac, known as the "City of the Four Rivers". The Alfa Klub was formed a year and a half ago to bring the passionate Alfa Romeo car owners' dotted across Croatia together to enjoy their vehicles and help each other. This was in fact or seventh major meeting, once more gathering Alfa Romeos from across the country; many of these events have seen a real "international" flavour with cars arriving from Slovenia and Italy. This meeting started at 11:00 in the morning in Karlovac, in the parking lot of SC Korana, with the Alfa Romeos quickly streaming in. In very overcast conditions the day started with much chatter amongst the owners who admired each others' cars. Once the Alfa Romeos had gathered up a photo session took place.
 

At around half past twelve the thirty five Alfa Romeos which had arrived, went on a tour of Karlovac escorted by the local police force. The destination of the convoy was the restaurant "Lovaèki Rog" (in English, "Hunter's Horn"), which is located just outside Karlovac on an old road that leads to Zagreb. Before the lunch commenced leadership of the Alfa Klub thanked all our sponsors for their continued support throughout this year, and to our core members who put in so much effort this year in the club's promotion and organising the meetings.

After the lunch we held a small lottery contest with the winners receiving many excellent presents from our sponsors, and in fact, thanks to our sponsors' generosity, everybody ended up winning something. All in all it was a beautiful day with the Alfa Klub, and everyone can proudly say that the club put on another excellent event. With the Alfa Romeo scene thriving in Croatia, and the new generation of models steadily filtering onto the roads, we look forward to next year when the Alfa Klub will go from strength to strength. For more information on the Alfa Klub please visit www.alfisti.hr

by Neven Djurovic