Day 2 -- Split, Pula, Rovinj

After a great breakfast at Hotel Luxe we walked to the harbor and checked in with European Costal Airways for our seaplane to Pula. The number of immense ferries here is astonishing. They are large car ferries and they go to other islands and Italy. We took a sea plane from Split to Pula. The views were spectacular. There are over 1000 islands off Croatia in the Adriatic. Pula is a large metropolitan city. We walked from the sea plane to the bus terminal (about 15 minutes). There was a bus to Rovinj every 30 minutes and it was a nice coach. From Rovinj we took a boat to the island where the hotel is located. The entire island is owned by the hotel which includes two buildings. One is a large traditional hotel. The second is smaller and is all suites. Our suite is nice – a bedroom and a living room. We met our friends, Phil and Sybill and had lunch at an outdoor restaurant. We then took the boat into town. The boat runs every hour from 7am till midnight and is also owned and operated by the hotel. Rovinj is a very charming hill town with a church at the top and winding narrow streets. The harbor area is full of bigger and smaller restaurants and becomes truly alive after dark. Being jetlagged, we only explored Rovinj for about 3 hours and then took the boat back to our island (St. Andrew’s) and went to sleep at 10 pm.