After breakfast on the hostel terrace which is literally on the beach, I can safely rate this as my favourite hostel breakfast location thus far on my travels. Unfortunately the breakfast spread I chose didn't leave me quite so lucky and I'm pretty sure I had some kind of pork paté on my morning bread.
After starting the morning with a quick dip in the ocean at the hostel, I then headed about a 40 minute walk down the coast to another little bay marked on the map. Yet again a beautiful location which I was more than happy to spend some time in. When it got too hot to stay and I ran out of drinking water, I decided to head back. In the heat of the day. I felt like a dehydrated orphan (because all orphans are dehydrated, didn't ya know) walking through hot, dry, barren desert. Another dip in the ocean quickly remedied the problem.
I then walked into town and appreciated the ancient artefacts of Pula including the famous amphitheatre which is currently home to the Pula Film Festival and a pretty impressive place. I even stumbled upon a little Roman amphitheatre a little way up a hill (which killed me going up, that heat rises rumour is starting to look like fact).
Another swim in the ocean at 7.30 at night is not a bad way to combat the heat.
Today I met another traveller and of course he's a Parisian from Sciences Po. I can't escape that place! But he was nice and friendly and actually laughed voluntarily so obviously not a real Parisian and he recommended I go to a little town 50 minutes from Pula called Rovinj that I had already been recommended to visit and had on my own list of places I wanted to go.
So tomorrow I'm off on a day trip there ready to bask in this diverse, unique Croatian goodness.
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