Juršići

Later start today which was nice. The rain forecasted didn't arrive until about 4pm and by then we were having a very large (difficult to locate these) under cover coffee  in the main square (no majorettes this time). 

Before the coffee, we went to Pula castle/fort and which was actually unexpectedly interesting. I even found the football museum of interest (silly photos attached). I know I hear you say ' Football and a museum interesting to Tara'!!??

The fort has a top level with great views. We had a few silly moments at the top of the tower (see videos). We then proceeded down a lift to a lower level which was used as a prison in the past and wasn't all that interesting. In the second lower level below there was oddly lots of old pictures of the trams that used to be a plenty in Pula. We then realised that yesterday we had walked past many of the places where the trams used to go. This included an area that was by the sea that had huge walls obscuring the views. This was the barracks of old and the tree lined roads were the old tram routes but the road was basically unused and unkempt now. 

Also this 2nd level was made up of many  underground tunnels that were used to travel during war times without being seen and as shelters. We exited at one of the tunnels which brought us out in the centre of the old town (very exciting). 

We had an ice cream then went on to go in to the Amphitheatre which we thought wouldn't necessarily be worth it as we could see quite a lot from the perimeter. Again it was better than expected as there were several qr codes that could be scanned to tell us about what was there before and what we were looking at. 

Then we went in search of the mosaic 'Punishment of Dirce'. Not sure what we were expecting but I think we were at least expecting it to be more obvious and more touristy. As it happens it is hidden incompicuously nearly under some recently built flats. We nearly missed it! 

The  mosaic is a floor of a Roman house of which one part is the bit we were expecting. Very impressed with the whole thing but totally surprised at the complete odd location. 

We returned to our accommodation after coffee and set about getting prepared for our onward travel to Venice tomorrow. We listed to some wonderful music by Errol Garner and chilled out having a beer as the wine had been consumed yesterday.Read more