Pula and Brijuni

The last day of our trip started with a presentation of Global Tours products right after breakfast. It is the same company that organized this trip and they sell wool and similar type mattresses and buddings. It is way too pricey, but people were still buying. They were selling some pillows for 30 EUR, that have special fibers, magnets threads....yadi, yadi, yada. The entire set, that included a mattress, mattress cover, some boards for under the mattress, two pillows and a cover were 1400 EUR. Someone still bought it. Other things were travel pillows, some Indian nuts for laundry washing, a creme for joints and all sorts of cures... Mom and I just sat there and listened as we had to.

Then we boarded the bus, with our lovely tour guide from Istra, Petra. Entire way to Paula, she was telling us of the places we were passing by; the 'Y' main road through Istra, an ancient double-town Dvograd with only stone walls left; The smallest town in the world Hum, with only 14 people for as long as it exists.... The one hour ride went by in no time.

The main land mark of Pula is the arena, where the gladiators fought with lions in the ancient Rome. Some stone walls around the city are from the first century.




After the walking tour, we went to the boat tour around the island of Brijuni. The former president Tito had his summer residences there, and it was covered with a veil of mystery during the communist time. It was closed for public until the 80s. This tourist organization offers tours of Brijuni during the winter months, but they canceled it for us because it is too crowded and expensive this time of year. However, since most of us complained we were not informed of the change, they arranged it for us to go on a boat tour around the island. The lunch, fish on the grill, with drinks and wine was also included. The boat owner even took the accordion and played and sang few Bosnian songs. Everyone relaxed down after the wine, started singing and clapping. It was a great ending of this trip. We boarded the bus and were on our way to Sarajevo, only 12 hours more. Sarajevo welcomed us with a downpour like I've never seen before here.