Monday April 4
Pula enjoys a lovely setting on a sheltered bay of the Adriatic. With its location on the southern end of Croatia's Istrian Peninsula, it proved a strategic place for ancient Rome to build an outpost. There is evidence of Roman influence everywhere in Pula.
Here we dropped anchor and were tendered to town. This time we used Viking tenders. Our tour took us to the amphitheater. This was most interesting. This is one of few you can visit underneath. Today, musicians, such as Sir Elton John, provide concerts. Once done here, we left the tour and went on our own. We walked the quaint, narrow streets and worked our way up to the castle. Pula is a very interesting city. Ruins are everywhere. The main industry here is ship building. Our guide told us the 20th century was pretty strange. Her personal story is that 4 generations were born in a different country, yet all were born in the same city! Cool story! Your challenge is to figure out how this is possible.
Tonight, the Viking Singers performed their favourite ABBA songs. Another job very well done! They are a very talented group of young singers.
That is too difficult to figure out BUT I want to go to an Elton John concert.
ReplyDeleteI would guess that the city is located in an area where battles in history resulted in different countries overtaking that particular location. Borders of various countries have changed many times in history. For example, The country of Poland was overtaken by 3 countries resulting in no Poland for 125 years.
ReplyDeleteSimilar situation. It involves Serbia and Yugoslavia.
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