Au Naturale Croatian Style

Waiting for the ferry to Rovinj

Is this a Japanese seagull?

It's not a church. It's a restaurant.

Gail at the posh resort on Sveti Addrija

All the other photos of people swimming were censored!

Rovinj from the ferry on the return trip. Later we climbed up to visit the tomb of St Euphemia.

We are leaving Rovinj. It is an old style Croatian sea port town that still has the fishing boats come in each morning. We read about this but have not been up in time to verify it.
Arriving late on Sunday from Zagreb, we were fortunate to find a brand new apartment. We are the first customers! It has a fantastic location just up from the harbour with heaps of space. We love it.
We spent the afternoon wandering around the waterfront and the laneways that lead down it. Dinner was at a quiet little spot just back from the water.
The town is quite Italian. It was part of Italy for longer than it has been Croatian! In fact, we are not far from Trieste from where we headed off to Ljubljana and Zagreb.
Today we caught a ferry to Crveni Otok (Red Island). This comprises 2 islands Sveti Andrija and Maskin. There is just 1 huge hotel on Sveti Andrija but we enjoyed a swim in the balmy Adriatic Sea.
We crossed the causeway linking Maslin (a 5 minute walk) and realised we were the only people wearing swimming costumes.
How do you greet a person walking towards you along the track who is only wearing sunglasses and beach shoes? We could have saved space in our bag if only we had realised! We enjoyed a swim in a quiet secluded cove….. no other details provided!
The boat trip was worth the outing without the island visit but we enjoyed the swim, the secluded mausoleum and the castle. (no difficult climb)
After a lunch of pasta back in Rovinj, we spent the afternoon exploring the old town and the church of St Euphemia.
Tomorrow we leave Rovinj and head off to the island of Rab.

Communing with nature but the bird was a seagull!