Park Hotel Rovinj

... insurance people. I got a letter off them and have to have my stiches out in 7 days time and got a prescription for some pain killers. So all we have been doing really is hiding out in our little apparment the woman who we are staying with is amazing and refused to charge Ian for the extra days that we have been staying and Ian has been great in looking after me. Making me soup and sausage and mash and ...

... in my eye as its bust open and I have cuts and grazes on my face from the rocks and also the biggest black eye you have ever seen its madness. As a precortion they decided to keep me in hospital overnight as I had a head injury and they wanted to make sure that I was ok. So I spent the night in a mad croatian hospital on my own but was brave and kept having nurses putting injections in my **** all evening.

... smoother and either could knock a large stevedore on his back. Everywhere we go the streets are near empty, the rush is past, there is no trouble parking or getting questions answered. After a lunch of truffle soup and carpaccio with black truffles in Motovun we stopped at a store owned by the areas leading restaurantz and got a good talk on the difference between black and white truffles, I can reallz smell the difference. So of course we had ...

... 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 ...

... and their brandies...SOOOOO good...they have herbal, fruits...and besttt of all HONEY soooo sweet soo tasty..goes down wayyy too easily...oh and its 50 proof hehe...probably why bridget's phone never made it back with her after the other night of a few shots of this marvelous liquid hehe o well what can you do.

... 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 ...

... in America was in Orlando. We spent the rest of our time trying to convince him that Orlando is not indicative of the US.

Back on the ship, Tyler was taking advantage of the sports deck that is dropped down anytime the ship is anchored. One can waterski, sail, kayak or just swim.

We said our goodbyes and went back to the ship. Cocktails at 7, followed by dinner and dancing. Another great day!

... called 'tartufi di mare' (truffles of the sea), finely chopped scampi, and finely chopped white fish. The raw shrimp was unbelievably delicious. Alice then had a plate of mixed grilled seafood (a whole fish, 2 scampi, and calamari, and I had truffled fish fillets (what joy and ecstasy - I'm sorry if I go on a bit but it's the first time I've had fresh white truffle, and I love it), washed down with a great local Pinot Grigio. We have an interesting neighbour at the ...

Rovinj looked much like Korcula but on a grander scale. It was built on a mound, which rested on an oval shaped peninsula. The main difference between the two towns was that the houses on the perimeter of Rovinj were built right to the cliff's edge. These gave the outside of the city a fortress like appearance. Only at the very tip, below the main church's shadow, were there no homes and you could have a clear view of the sea and the ships passing by. We took our luggage train and headed ...

... traveller town, full of art galleries and wine shops...I bought truffles here, to find out what all the fuss is about. Stay tuned to find out if I actually have refined taste and like them, or if they will be, like caviar, an 'acquired' taste...