Hotel Monte Mulini Rovinj
A Smareglia bb Rovinj, Istria, 52210 , Croatia
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Kahlan's Cool Birthday
... were closed for the winter. All the tourist have left, so everything shuts down. Kahlan's first choice was to go visit a nearby cave for her birthday. A couple of days before, Stacy contacted the cave and they informed us their website was not updated and they were closed for the winter. We tried another cave and had the same results. Feeling a little desperate, we contacted our host Zelka who specializes ...
Ears, fleas and horses
... filled with spooky witches and Jack-o’-Laterns, horses and the various art we had created over the past few weeks. Our tiny apartment was beginning to look like a bit of home. By the time we were done organizing, it was time to make our spooky feast. We found some orchiette pasta while we were in Trieste, so this became the base of our scary dish. We added some sheep mushroom pieces and sautéed leeks, and called our dish ears, fleas ...
A City of Light
... port. We were located on a street that approached the city from a hill that gave you an immediate and complete view of the picturesque town situated on an oval peninsula. The Church of St. Euphemia's anchoring the picture with her spire majestically overlooking the cobbled streets and the town squares.
And it wasn't wasted on me. I ...
Moving in to Rovinj
... house did not have one. While they did this, Kahlan and I unpacked all of our bags and put everything away. None of us were thrilled about the apartment, but it was functional and the location was great.
After unpacking and cleaning, we went for a stroll through the town. Right below our apartment is the local green market (farmers market) and a small park with a play structure. With a pit stop to check out the ...
Hotel Valamar
... fall of the Roman empire at the end of the 6th century, and finally by Venice from the middle of the 13th century all the way until the Hasburgs took over in the 19th century.
This is a pretty typical story for the towns in Istria. After the tug of war between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Porec was finally part of Croatia after WWII. Tito was sure to make unification his priority, so he ousted the ...



