Day 4 of our Croatian tour
We woke to a wonderful sight of snow on the surrounding mountains, Julian ranges around the town on Bled, such a great little alpine village. We left at 8.30am an drove out of Solvenia and onto Croatia. Motovun was our first stop (2 hours drive). Motovun sits on the top of a cone-shaped hill 277 metres above sea level. The forests are famous for truffle hunting. We enjoyed a truffle lunch of truffle cheese, pasta, omelette, spread on buns and truffle ice-cream, washed down with white and red wines from the region. We all thoroughly enjoyed the new taste of truffles and continued to explore this medieval town on the top of the hill, we walked around the walls and learned a bit more history of the town from our guide, (big H as we call him because we cannot pronounce his name). He is Croatian and a lovely guy.
We continued on to Rovinj, one of the best kept towns on the Adriatic coast, right on the top of a hill. We also visited the venetian-style St.Euphemia church, dedicated to the early Christian martyr whose marble coffin is said to have floated to the Rovinj shoreline.
We then travelled to Pula and stayed the night. The morning was spent walking around the city and exploring the Roman Amphitheatre, which is the 6th largest surviving amphitheatre in the world. Built in the 1st century. It was designed to hold up to 20,000 spectators. The 30mtr high wall is made entirely of local limestone.
We woke to a wonderful sight of snow on the surrounding mountains, Julian ranges around the town on Bled, such a great little alpine village. We left at 8.30am an drove out of Solvenia and onto Croatia. Motovun was our first stop (2 hours drive). Motovun sits on the top of a cone-shaped hill 277 metres above sea level. The forests are famous for truffle hunting. We enjoyed a truffle lunch of truffle cheese, pasta, omelette, spread on buns and truffle ice-cream, washed down with white and red wines from the region. We all thoroughly enjoyed the new taste of truffles and continued to explore this medieval town on the top of the hill, we walked around the walls and learned a bit more history of the town from our guide, (big H as we call him because we cannot pronounce his name). He is Croatian and a lovely guy.
We continued on to Rovinj, one of the best kept towns on the Adriatic coast, right on the top of a hill. We also visited the venetian-style St.Euphemia church, dedicated to the early Christian martyr whose marble coffin is said to have floated to the Rovinj shoreline.
We then travelled to Pula and stayed the night. The morning was spent walking around the city and exploring the Roman Amphitheatre, which is the 6th largest surviving amphitheatre in the world. Built in the 1st century. It was designed to hold up to 20,000 spectators. The 30mtr high wall is made entirely of local limestone.
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