831. Rovinj Part 2 | A Colourful Weekend Staycation

I took hundreds of photos during our few days in Rovinj but I had to painstakingly narrow it down to just enough photos for a 2-part series. It was so beautiful at every corner that I couldn't stop. Here are some drone shots to show the unique layout of this charming town. I think it looks bigger from above than it really is. Well it probably takes about 30 minutes to walk all around (if you are not stopping for photos of course). I think we walked all over a few times but there's probably some hidden turns we didn't get to explore.

Tomorrow we are heading to Dubrovnik and Split for a few days, that's why I wanted to wrap up this short Rovinj series. I guess the remainder of my Thailand posts will have to keep waiting lol.

This looks good but it actually tasted horrible lol. It's always worth quickly Googling a restaurant to see their reviews/rating before deciding to go and eat there. For example this restaurant was rated a 2.8/5 which we found out after sitting down for a table. Most of the restaurants around here are good/rated high though so we didn't realize we would be so unlucky to choose the worst rated one. But even with bad food, this place was always full of people (I guess meaning no motivation to improve). The seafood in my seafood pasta was questionable..and the sauce was really watery. Like if you took a can of pasta sauce, mixed it with a lot of water to make it go a longer way.

I really love all the little alleyways here with cozy restaurants around every corner. Such a nice atmosphere in the evenings.

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830. Rovinj Part 1 | A Hidden Gem of Croatia

Some days ago, I saw a photo similar to this one on Instagram and remembered it was somewhere in Croatia. I found out it's Rovinj. The name sounded familiar to me but I didn't know anything about it. I was happy to find out it was only a few hours away from Zagreb so we planned a short trip there. I mainly wanted to get some drone shots of the town since it looks super cool and unique sticking out from the mainland like that. I ended up loving the entire place a lot more than I thought I would. I will say it's one of my favourite European towns of its kind. When you search images of Rovinj, it's mainly this scene from above. What you don't see much of are the interior shots of the town - a quintessential small European village atmosphere; historic cobblestone streets, colourful buildings, laundry hanging out windows and cozy restaurants/cafes tucked in alleyways. So it was a nice surprise for me as I LOVE towns like that. Especially if they are also by the sea.

I was also surprised to see a lot of people there. Mainly they were domestic tourists and many Europeans from neighbouring countries. However I feel at a more international level, Rovinj still seems like a hidden gem. When people visit Croatia they usually go to Dubrovnik, Split, Hvar, Plitvice Lakes etc but Rovinj and the Istria region doesn't seem as popular yet. I guess if I was coming to Croatia any other time (during a regular trip), I'd probably only visit Dubrovnik. I've wanted to go there for the longest time. We will plan a short trip there as well this month.

My gnocchi was soooo good. There's a lot of Italians living in Rovinj (it's directly across from Italy/Venice) so there is a lot of pizza, pasta and gelato here. I ate way too much.

Sat here to read for awhile. One of our favourite pasttimes these days



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