July 25th 2012
Today we were determined to get a
prime sunbathing location, however, we stopped off at the local internet cafe
and Facebook stole our time, money and good intentions. We arrived at the beach
slightly later and had to be “those people” who put their towel down right
beside you. But hey, we’re tourists, we’re supposed to be annoying. Our spot
wasn’t even that bad, if you don’t mind speedo wearing men stepping over you.
After our last day at the beach we
decided to have an extra nice meal. On our first night in Rovinj we passed what
looked like a really amazing restaurant. It was perched right on the outer wall/cliff
face of the old town and had amazing views. Despite calling in throughout the
week, it was always full but tonight we got lucky and they squeezed us in,
right on the balcony overlooking Katarina Island.
Rory decided to go crazy and he
actually ordered HIS OWN steak! Despite
the odd inclusion of rice, it was really nice and the desert, homemade Panna Cotta,
was pretty good too. After feeding our faces we thought a quick walk up to St
Euphemia and one last look at the view would be a nice end to the night. We actually went
in to the church and channelling our inner adventurer, decided to climb up the
bell tower. Now, having done the bell tower in Venice, I wasn’t too worried
about this one. How bad could it be?
Bad. Very, very bad. Now, I’m not
afraid of heights but to get to the top of the bell tower you have to climb the
steps. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, however, the steps were quite
literally, a disaster waiting to happen. I have never seen anything as unsafe.
The rails were shaking, each individual step was creaking and rattling and the
ones that didn’t were insanely narrow..
Then once you got to the top you had to climb through a trap door, using a ladder. No joke
The view was pretty good but had I know how horrific the climb up (and down, let’s not forget I had to get back down again) was, I would have saved that 15 Kuna and Googled the view.
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