Croatia Photos.

Pula.

We flew into Pula airport (having got a ridiculously cheap fare from Ryan Air). Pula is nothing special and the many blocks of extremely run-down flats around suggest that it is a pretty poor area. The Roman ampitheatre (which we did not previously know about, but came upon by accident) is well worth seeing.

Rovinj.

Rovinj is an amazing place.

The church which overlooks the old town (and is prominent in many of my photos) is actually the cathedral of St. Euphemia. We went to Mass there on the Sunday. Unfortunately, we didn't take any photos inside the cathedral.

Behind the sea front is a maze of narrow cobbled streets. The buildings look very much like the ones in Venice, only without the canals! There are many good restaurants, especially if you like seafood. Unfortunately, most of the restaurants and cafes by the waterfront were closed for the winter during our visit. Apparently though, when my husband and his boss went there in September everything was still in full swing and it was a magical place, with music and street entertainers everywhere. I am looking forward to seeing Rovinj like that!

To the left (or south) of Rovinj is a tree-covered headland. This thick pine wood is a national park called Zlatni Rt (Punta Corrente). My husband and I took a long walk there on a beautiful morning. There are several little beaches (possibly man-made) and it was easy to imagine the area full of tourists during the summer. When we were there though, it was almost deserted and was a real haven of peace!

On our way back, I spotted the beautiful yellow butterfly and my husnad spent ages trying to photograph it. While he was chasing it around, a friendly lizzard popped his head out to say hello!

Limfjord.

Very close to Rovinj is Limfjord - the name the locals give to the Lim valley. A very beautiful spot!

Porec.

This is another great place, with more cobbled streets. We went there to visit the basilica and arrived to find a wedding was obviously about to take place. The wedding party (including the bride and groom) were led along the cobbled streets by an accordian player! The brides father (bless him!) was already in tears before he even got into the church!

Hum.

We were told to go here by the lady we were staying with. She told us it was tthe world's smallest city; however, it turned out to be the world's smallest town! It was quite a drive to get there and Hum itself was quite hard to find, but it was worth it - if only for the beautiful autumn colours! I checked with Wikipedia and it is apparently in the Guiness book of records as the smallest town, even though many places actually do have smaller populations.







Just outside Hum was a little settlement of houses in a very bad state of repair, but obviously still inhabited. I stopped to take a photo because, despite their obvious poverty, I thought the houses looked beautiful. It was only when I loaded the photos onto the computer that I noticed the TV aerial stuck on the roof!