Mareonda Rovinj
Rovinj,Kroatien Rovinj, Istria, 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
... a kiss from Tigre and dripping wet horsey drool from the appreciative mouths we fed carrots to. Since we were late, and the lesson lasted over 2 hours, we were STARVING by the time we hit the car. We could find no soap in the crude bathroom we used, so we opted to wait to get home to wolf down lunch.
After a simple lunch, we began the real fun, the carving of the pumpkin, and the Halloween feelings started flowing. Since we ...
A City of Light
... in the mornings. We walked the promenade to town where we took a small wooden boat piloted by a barkarioli (boatman) who mans the oars and whose ancestors have been doing it for 850 years. The cost, 5 kunas, or a about a dollar was worth the price for this short lovely trip from port to port. For a wonderful story I recommend Vesna Maric's account and conversation in the Lonely Planet with one of ...
Moving in to Rovinj
... and another for the kids to play at the park, we continued our walk. The old town does not allow cars in the streets, so the girls loved the feeling of not having to worry about getting run over. Zelka told us of a local pizza place called San Giacomo that they liked so we gave that a try which turned out to be a pretty good pizza place. Tomorrow we'll start work on stocking up our kitchen with food and exploring the town some ...
Hotel Valamar
... outside to the gardens, and appreciating we were not swimming in the cold 17 C outside.
After returning to the apartment room and eating lunch, we headed to the town of Porec, as we did not get to explore the day before. There is a pathway that leads down to the cement beaches, past woods and parks directly into the center of town. Ok, town is very small, like 10,000 people live there, so it is ...


