July 5th we decamped and drove from Rovinj to Poroc, where there was an RV/camping store we had seen advertised. Even though
camping-
cars and
wohnmobils and
auto-
caravanas are as common as carrots in Europe, you have to look pretty hard for stores that sell equipment, accessories, and the like. This one, Meridien, was pretty good, and pretty popular (they also did boating equipment and accessories), and after a few purchases and much nosing around, we proceeded on, passing on into Slovenia (Schengenia) and on to our next stop, Piran, a sort of mini-Rovinj, but with a Slovenian twist. Slovenia has only a few miles of coast, relative to Croatia, but they make the most of it, with a major port, Kopor, and with little seaside villages, now tourist destinations. Not on the tourist scale of Croatia, but still destinations. Compared with Rovinj, Piran seemed almost undiscovered. Almost. Real people populate most of the town and there are few trinket shoppes, but, with the tour buses, that will change. Oh, St. Euphemia was right: the night we stayed in Piran there was a terrific thunderstorm, one of the worst we've seen since that night in Bangkok...
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The beach at the campground--mostly statics--at Piran |
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Mostly pebble beach, and thus mere beach towels will not do |
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Other things you can do with pebbles and stones |
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Piran town was a pleasant 15 minute walk along the beach |
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Another church, another bell tower, another weather-vane |
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It was a St. George church |
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View from the walls |
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Ditto; and another round of Negronis and pina coladas down there |
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The lighthouse |
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Alleys even narrower than Rovinj's |
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Unusual down-spout |
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Really narrow alleys |
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Now in the main square, Tartinin square, named after the violinist |
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Panning around the square |
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"Let them talk" it says |
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On this house built by a Venetian merchant for his Piran mistress |
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The square in Piran was originally the marina, later filled in; unlike Rovinj, Piran also built a bit of a seawall to protect the houses on the water |
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Today's marina |
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Ugliness too |
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Where the paving stones come from |
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Future supply up the cliff |
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Italian beach toy (pizza slice) |
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Encampment at Piran |
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