Today, Thursday, we decided to go to Opicina and park at the Obelisk and make an attempt at the 4km scenic walk along the Karst as far as Prosecco. Seemingly it's a lovely walk. However, the morning was very overcast and, when we could get no parking at the obelisk, we decided to head for Pula at the bottom tip of Istria. The last day when we were doing Croatian Istria we had not enough time to go to Pula. This time we were mainly on motorway so the journey was quicker than the coast route.
We knew to expect a remarkably well-preserved Roman amphitheatre but were wowed at our first glimpse. We had a great view from where we parked our car. We got ourselves some Kuna to get into the amphitheatre but went to fortify ourselves first with lunch. The restaurant didn't take cards and we had not withdrawn enough Kuna so we experienced the less than generous exchange rate for euro. Never mind - lunch was good and we were ready to explore the town.
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| Old Town Hall |
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| Temple of Augustus |
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| Roman Floor Mosaic |
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| Chapel of St. Mary of Formosa |
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| Triumphal Arch of Sergius |
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| Getting ready for a performance or Mass or something |
When we hadn't made Pula thye day we were doing the Croatian Istrian Coast, Jim had said we could give Pula a miss. We were really glad we didn't!
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