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| The Mirna Bridge in Istria - 4,521 ft long |
Frustrating driving day…we only
had a 3hr ride from Rovinj to Lisa & Benson’s, but it took forever. One down side to visiting Istria is border
traffic on the two lane road that connects
Croatia
and
Slovenia.
Croatia
is slated to join the EU in 2015, so until then, passports are inspected at the
border on the return journey to
Slovenia
and the EU. There are two checks, one
for
Croatia, and one for
Slovenia. Fortunately, we only hit about 40 min. of
traffic at the border because it was early in the day, but I can only image
what it must be like later on when people are leaving at the end of the
weekend. Inspection doesn’t appear to be
very thorough since EU holders seemed to be waved through, and even our
passports were not scanned ut rather
quickly flipped through. Guess if you’re
from the right countries, they don’t care too much. Finally got a car stamp in our passports,
though!
We thought it would plenty easy to
find something fast and decent to eat off the highway in one of three countries
we drove through today, but alas we had absolutely no luck…not even at Pizzeria
Da Pasqualino e Cinzia near Lisa & Benson’s. Ended up waiting for L & B’s favorite
restaurant opened at 7pm for food. We
had a relaxing dinner at Setti Santi in Monte Berico overlooking the city of
Vicenza. We finally got a chance to have gnocchi, and
Joe got his bacala and polenta. We even
caught a glimpse of Palladio’s Rotondo on the way to the restaurant which
Jefferson modeled
Monticello
off of. Finished the night at San Marco
Gelateria in Montegalda for one more gelato.
Too bad no place at home has figured out how to make good gelato. Grom, please come to
Boston someday!
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