A visit to the seaside fishing village of Savudrija reveals many surprises from the hanging boats that are scattered along the beach to the ancient city of Sipar buried by the tides.
Category: Istria
Emerging Hope
The last few days here in Istria haven't been the prettiest I've experienced here. Not terrible, but not the perfect sunshiny days that happen a lot in the springtime. The weather has been off and on with a few gloomy, cloudy days sprinkled with glimmers of sunshine. The warm beautiful sunny weather of spring has …
Winter is Coming
Autumn Fare, A New Language, New FriendsThere is something so beautiful about passing by a centuries old olive grove bathed in the waning sunlight of autumn. The glow that casts a spotlight on a centuries old olive tree seems to light a fire inside my soul and make me realize that our time here on …
Celebrating Birthdays and Playing Mafia
"The city is sleeping," said the young Russian boy. We all closed our eyes. As I sat around the beach blanket with six children from Russia, Italy and Croatia still dripping from the salty Adriatic Sea and playing the card game Mafia, I wondered, how did I get here? We had just been swimming off …
The Place where Cookie Monster lives
On our first day walking around the city of Pula we wandered through the ancient streets in awe. It's not just a beautiful city, but a historic one as well. According to one source, archeological remains show evidence that the city of Pula goes back from 400,000 to a million years B.C. That's pretty old, …