Day 7- Boat trip around the Fjords of Visar ,Lim Fjord, and Rovinj
As we start our day walking down to the boat to take our cruise around the bay. We found the men busy working and repairing their nets.
Adreien is our guide and we are off on Victoria Tours to an all
day boat ride to three stops on the island and up the fjords._Visar, Lim Fjord and Roving.
The gang on the boat ride to the first island.
Diana just keeps on trucking!
Our first stop was to Rovinj
. There is lots of history here. Also a great market place. Just ask Jeannie!
This is the town of Rovinj which is a fishing port in Croatia.
Walking through the town and the narrow streets.
The church here is St Euphermia built in 1756. On top of the bell-tower,built 1 century earlier, there is a statue that revolves around depending on the wind. If it points to the ocean it will be sunny and if it points to the town side it will be rainy and cloudy. A new bell tower was built in 1991 to replace the old.
The story of sarcophagus of St Euphemia where the paintings depict her martydom. This young 15 year old girl was arrested for refusing to give up Christianity. After suffering various tortures she was first thrown in the fire, which didn't kill her and later sentenced to be eaten by wild lions who eventually killed her but did not devour her body. Her relics are preserved here in this church
The story we got on our tour was that the crypt floated from Constantine to here in 1544-traveling thousands of miles.
Our fish lunch. Hope you liked fish,,can't get it any fresher than this!
Onto our next Island. Jeannie had found her way to us. She discovered our boat was gone...now what? She used her head and instead of meeting us at the hotel, she decided she didn't want to miss out on the fun..Bet that won't happen again!
On the Island of Vrsar.
A look of the Roman walls in town.
Gambling after dinner with some of the girls.. I put in 10 euro and came out with 22.20 euro. A fun night. Lillian won .02 euro....
Ciao :)
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