To Istria, Croatia by way of...Trieste!
Robert on the waterfront in Trieste
...and Liza too
Yum, gelato
Trieste has canals, too
The grand canal in Trieste
Selfie!
Trieste
Trieste
In the Cathedral in Piran, Slovenia
Another selfie
Piran, Slovenia ... yes we're
en route to Istria
First good view of Motovun, in
the interior
Croatian flag!
View from our balcony at the
Villa Marija, Motovun
Cruising the interior in search
of hill towns, truffles, wine,
olive oil
Lunch time in Grožnjan
Liza too
Walking Grožnjan
Lovely old stone houses
This one was for rent!
Croatia's equivalent of "George
Washington slept here"
The winged lion is the symbol
of Venetian rule
Walking atop the city walls in
Motovun
The steep, heavily cobbled
street back to the Villa Marija
Breakfast at Villa Marija - best deal
in town, €5 each, more food than we
could eat, and a spectacular view
Day trip to Pula, on the southern
tip of Istria, yielded a gorgeous
Roman ampitheater
Ampules (jars) in the ampitheater
museum
Robert in the ampitheater ... mostly
intact and nowhere near the number
of tourists you'd find in Rome
The Forum in Pula
Lunch time in Rovinj, up the coast
Busy Rovinj
Old city gate in Rovinj
View of Rovinj old town from across
the harbor
Coming back to Motovun
Villa Marija
Istrian countryside
Malvacija grapes
Malvacija grapes
Rail-to-trail project along a Hapsburg-
era rail line that connected the
hilltowns
Motovun, redux
In Hum, "world's smallest town"
Glatolithic script in Hum
More Glatolithic script
Hum
Woman tending her garden (hard
to see, under the tree)
Opatija, on the Kvarner Gulf, a
"belle epoque" seaside resort
Opatija had a Croatian Walk of Fame
with stars for many Croatians of note,
including the late Dražen Petrovic
Opatija
Opatija