Istra Hotel Rovinj

... night and seem to be getting some of my strength back its taken it out of me and luckily have had Ian around to help me. Everytime I got up I just felt dizzy but thats common I think with concussion. Ian had to feed me soup the other day as my hands would not stop shaking but as I said I am feeling a lot better now and even agreed to move on to Opatija which is about 2 hours down the coast and a little ...

... me and what where the acoustics like. He told me to come up and see him so I was on my way up when I thought it would be funny to pretend I was a gladiator on a horse and started trotting into the arena next minute my leg went something pulled in my calf I know now that it was only a pulled muscle but I was in agony and Ian was laughing thinking my horse had gone lame.

I tried to hobble over to some ...

... the stamps and there it was, just 6 tables and a chef and the owner and wall to ceiling full of paintings, most local of boats. And feesch. The best feesch. Seabass filets for me and seabass lasagne '' which is spelled lazjne, all varietz of ways. If wedd known brodet was a local fish stew specialtz we would have ordered it. Dessert was this amazing vanilla ice in balsamic vinegar with candied almonds and roasted pumpkin seeds.- Roasted pumpkin ...

... alittle burnt after our swim on the red island but o well much welcomed after all this rain. We also stopped off at this cave in the middle of no where within the rocks of one of the other smaller islands..annnd there was all you could drink herbal brandy and wine...and of course iced tea and juices...all in all awesommmme boat tour..highly suggest for the best taste of what ...

rainy weather...im sure it would be muchhh nicer here if it was actually sunny... o well...theres this pretty big amphitheater here..not shabby..also the james joyce museum,..guess he spent alot of time here..a big arch..istria is the area known for their truffles as well...i tried some truffle cheese mmmmm delish ...

... Koper, which I don't read until evening, but sounds to be well worth spending time in. Ah well.... Cheapest motorway by far (if we have the conversion rate right!) Pull up in Stoja camping, on headland. Bit rough & ready looking - but the kind of place that appeals to me. Town didn't look quite so cute, but decide we will explore.


Day 7 Turns out to be a far better place than it initially looked: fine remains of ...

We met Mauro Dujmovic for our private walking tour of Rovinj. We went past an amazing market with local produce, olive oil and souvenirs. We wound our way up through the old village to the top where the church was. The view of the sea was breathtaking. We then went for traditional Croatian coffee at a seaside cafe. Very strong.

The sunny day turned blazingly hot. We wandered through the more modern part ...

... a chat with the very smartly-dressed local guy at the next table, who recommends we have lunch at the Puntulena restaurant 300 metres away. The Istrian peninsula is the part of northern Croatia which abuts Slovenia and is surrounded by the Adriatic. It was part of Italy until after WW2 and many Italians still live there and many locals speak Italian. It has a reputation for the best food in Croatia, and as this is the truffle (white) season I am salivating. We find La ...

... mass I walked around the town, which took about 15 minutes, used the internet for a bit then had a pizza at a great pizza shop. All to waste time until there was a bus going back to Rovinj. Julius stayed behind and attended mass at St Euphemia Catholic church, which sits at the peak of the hill of old town with a view of the sea. The bones of St Euphemia are housed in the church. The story of how the bones got ...

... htio) krecemo natrag prema autu. 14:00 Noklica je upravo shvatila da je potrosila cijeli nepostojeci film na uslikavanje svakog prozora na svakoj kuci u Rovinju. Srecom nosila je i digitalni pa ipak mozete pogledat malo rivu i barkice. Za utjehu slika galebove u svim mogucim pozama. Noklica shvaca dalje da samo ostavile svjetla upaljena u autu. Ostat cemo u Rovinju zauvijek. Ipak ne. Imamo vise srece neg pameti. Auto pali od prve. Krecemo prema ...