Hotel Riviera Portoroz
Obala 43 Portoroz, 6320, Slovenia
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Accommodating Trieste
After a much longer bus ride than advertised, we made it to the port. Only the port of Trieste is clearly not used to harboring cruise ships. They hot housed us in the convention center, at least there were bathrooms. By this point, it was past dinner time. We were hungry, and the girls were exhausted but couldn't sleep with all the commotion. We lucked out and connected with a former student of mine and his family. They helped ...
Ears, fleas and horses
... well as a lesson riding. With sketchy directions, we headed out 30 minutes early, only to arrive a dozen calls to Mirjram later and 30 minutes late. Ugh. I think it was a combination of communication challenge and accents that led me to a dirt road, I thought she was saying WHITE road, when she was saying RIGHT road. Ok, I need to brush up on my English.
We finally find the farm, trying not to be annoyed and frustrated after ...
A City of Light
... to summer tourists and in earlier times the aristocracy.
But we didn't have time to lollygag because we were scheduled to pick up our boat the next day in Kremik. Staying our last night in Primosten - another wonderful seaside town - where we stayed at the lovely Kamenar B & B and restaurant without ...
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
... quiet streets, Roman ruins and temples, Baroque period homes, Venetian mask shops and loads of cute kittens romping in the streets. Compared to southern Croatia, we felt very much a home here. This is more our kinda traveling, with nooks and crannies to explore, the calm and clear sea to quiet our souls and open spaces to play in. We can tell already that Istria is full of the natural wonders and surprises we enjoy.
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