Arriving from Slovenia, the motorway in this case, into Croatia, what was noticeable was a small village on a mountain ridge, not seen in Europe (yet). We arrived in Porec, which was our destination for a tango festival. But oh, how disappointed we were straight away: Porec seems to be a very pretentious sea side town, with campings more expensive than France, Italy and Slovenia! They clearly are looking to make money and nothing else; even at the ‘tourist information’ (something everyone can set up and which profession is not bound to any rules, so there are many to find in town – which one is the official one? There apparently was only one and he was overly busy with all the tourists who flood the place for ‘doing nothing, beach, drinking and fun’ – typically what we would be looking for;)).
After spending some time looking around, we found another village, Motovun, a lovely little Middle Age village 40min drive from Porec, where we decided to spend the night. We met some very nice Austrians, Gerhard & Christine, who recommended a delicious place to eat in the neighbourhood, restaurant Kodoba Dolina, a 7km drive away in the middle of nowhere. Fried squid for £3.50 and hand-made noodles with goulash for an equally good price. All topped with a home made ‘Schapps’ and cherry liqueur and some sweets, on the house.
We left the next day, although Motovun could have been lovely to visit. We felt too disappointed by our initial arrival and wanted to go back to Italy, on our way to friends.