Rovinj, Croatia Sept. 14-16, 2018

We arrived in Rovinj around 4:30 and checked into our airbnb apartment right in the heart of the old city.  A wonderful location, spotlessly clean (that morning we visited with the owner, Gordon, and then Maja his German wife...both very nice and Gordon was a lot of fun...he talked about how he would clean and then Maja would say no, that's not clean you missed this, and that...just like Donna and me...he loved that...said we needed to visit more about being married to German women!), and very inexpensive...$56 dollar US a night.  Rovinj is way less touristy than what is to come and Rick Steves says "Rovinj dramatically rises from the Adriatic as if being pulled up to heaven by its grand bell tower.  Among the villages of Croatia's coast, there's something particularly romantic about Rovnij - the most Italian town in Croatia's most Italian region, Istria.  Rovinj's streets are delightfully twisty, its ancient houses are characteristically crumbling, and its harbor is as salty as they come.  Like a little Venice on a hill, Rovinj is the atmospheric setting of your Croatian dreams."  We agree.  Two good meals here, one at Ric Steve's recommended reasonably priced restaurant with a great view of the city, and the second at Trip Advisors top pizza place in the old town.  Donna picked up a linen dress and pants here, and we enjoyed wandering the twisty streets together.  We went to a free concert  in the St. Euphemia church "A festival of choirs" after our pizza dinner our second night that was wonderful.  There was a wine festival in the harbor that night too, with bands playing, old folks dancing, very "atmospheric".  So thumbs up on Rovinj.