Η συνταγή της ημέρας - Tortellini Oresti ala Kroata

Μια σύντομη βολτίτσα στο γειτονικό Vodnjan μου προσέφερε αυτή την ωραία εικόνα:

Μια επίσκεψη στο τοπικό supermarket μου προσέφερε αυτό το πιάτο:

Έμπνευση του δευτερολέπτου ήταν και πρώτη φορά το έφτιαξα αλλά έγινε λουκούμι. Είχα κάτι σαλατικά σπίτι (καρότα, μαιντανό, τζίντζερ (τι σέξυ εφεύρεση της φύσης αυτό το πράγμα)) καθώς και ντόπιες πατατούλες από την φάρμα της οικογένοιας εδώ, τσίμπησα από το μαγαζί φρέσκα τορτελίνια 4 τυριά, τα έβρασα ΜΑΖΙ στην κατσαρόλα με τα καρότα και τις πατάτες για κανα τέταρτο (στα 10 λεπτά έβγαλα τα τορτελίνια με σουρωτή κουτάλα) και τους έκοψα από πάνω το μαϊντανό και το τζίντζερ. Ελαιόλαδο (δυστυχώς Ισπανικό) για να γλιστράνε και λίγο και έτοιμο. Πήρανε όλα μυρωδιά το ένα από το άλλο και έγινε Τζιτζί! 

Pula...

...a nice little word with various meanings in various languages. An Indonesian uses it to say "also", a Greek in order to say "sell", a Romanian to call his boss (means "dick").

Here at Istria it is a town that offered a chance for my Suzi to pose for a picture to show off she was in Rome (but she never did yet) :)

Pula Arena:

Nice to end a day with some wine:

Rovinj

This town of Istria peninsula is such a sweet one! I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

Istria

Last afternoon I arrived at Marcana Istria. The whole ride was so pretty that feels like my trip is just getting better and better. From the great coastline of the area around Karlobag I reached Istria peninsula were (as expected) the road by the sea was fantastic as well but in a different way compared to the southern seaside (and much more traffic unfortunately). However, even heading to the inland of Istria the route remained impressive. What a nice place on earth...Unfortunately I was rushing to arrive before rain so I had no stops for photos (betcha there are too many spots you wanna picture) but managed to take a lot of videos on board (a mix of them will be made when I finish the whole thing which I don't know when yet :) ). Here at Marcana the place I booked is probably the best value for money I EVER had. Great people, nice apartment, fully equipped perfectly cleaned - feels like it was built just yesterday. I was welcomed with a fantastic BBQ dish (god I was so hungry and it was Sunday so no stores open). They also provided me a shelter place for my iron horse too:

View from the house:

And now there's a big problem...the weather is much more fantastic than the forecast said so...I don't know where to go first :)))

Lukovo Sugarje...

This is where I stayed for the 3 last nights. A tiny village by the sea consisting of just a few houses:

And...YES the above spot was my first swimming in the sea outside mother Hellas. Great crystal clear water, cold but...who cares...not me at least since I also swim in winter.

The whole area is a biker's

heaven. Fantastic route, perfect tarmac, low traffic (much worse in high season of course)...what more can you ask for?

Check out a close up on the asphalt:

Even butterflies love it!

...and insects in love :)

This is a piece of glass I picked from the beach reading "25"...my lucky number?

Needless to mention my great host who also kindly cooked for me this lovely chicken:

A great person - check her out here.