Croatia Trip - Day 16 - Rovinj


Happy Birthday to my trip mate!  Thanks for spending very nice time with me in the beautiful country. Rovinj is the last city of our Croatia trip.  It is a picturesque town with mild climate and ideal for relaxation.  A friend of mine spent her honeymoon here for a week in early May 2009.  We were there on 31 May 2009.  A coincidence!  We knew about it much later.



St Euphemia Cathedral is situated at the highest point of the city.  You see it from every corner, proudly overseeing the surroundings and declaring its importance.  Nevertheless, it makes the city very unique and beautiful.  You won't mind having it often in your photos.   The cathedral is named after a martyr who died for her faith in the year 304.  Hundreds years later her marble coffin mysterious floated to the shore of Rovinj.


Croatia is a bestowed country!  It has a long coastline, lots of sunshine (except one day in our trip), beautiful nature and beaches and rich agricultural products.  We bought fresh fruits at Split, and every city we visited.  The colours seen at Rovinj market were vivid.  We enjoyed apricots on spot, got dry figs and walnuts with big discounts comparing to the neighbouring country Italy.


Our last lunch in Croatia is definitely the best in our trip.  Grilled fish wrapped in paper and divine grilled lamb.  The previous was soft and juicy.  The latter was tender and tasty.  We had local white wine by glass.  Oh, super!  Look for a restaurant called Vels Joze.


It is the only cloudy day we had in our trip. Just from the photos, it looks pretty scary. Luckily, it did not rain during our visit.  When we headed back to Poreč, sunshine again.  We had our last sunset in Croatia.  The next day, we had to catch a very early bus (6am) to Trieste.  Goodbye Croatia!





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