- Croatia, a little touch of Italy: The Istrian peninsula, where continental Croatia stretches into the Adriatic, covers 3,600 km² in the north-western corner of the country. Cultural melting pot and land of contrasts, it remains marked by the passage of innumerable nations throughout history, from Histrians to Greeks and Romans, Illyrians, Venetians, Austrians, Hungarians, Italians, Yugoslavs.—TV5MONDE Europe
- Beginning of the journey in Rovinj at the Adriatic Sea: Tiga meets Tatiana Rokvic and they walk through the old town (paved streets and go to the shop (Art Atelier") where Tiga buys a colorful dress: later they have a walk on the promenade.They meet Mirta and Carlo (Dolphin Watching) and make a boat tour to the Canal of Leme: they can see dolphins and Tatiana and Tiga stop at a restaurant: they meet Emir Sosic who grows oysters (the first oyster farm in Croatia) and they taste oysters.Then Tiga goes to Motovun; there Marko Fakin, receives her in his vineyard; they go to this restaurant located in the medieval town of Motovun, they meet Nicola Tarandez, a truffle hunter with his two dogs who shows them how the dogs find the black truffles.Later the supper is fusilli with Parmesan Cheese and black truffles; they drink white wine and Marko says that Tiga is always welcome in Motovun.Later Tiga is in Groznjan where she meets Anna Colquhoun; they visit the old town where some artists live and they travel by bike on the Parenzana (the route of Health and Friendship : 160 kilometers from Italy through Slovenia to Croatia on what was before a railway track): they arrive at Bolara 60 , the restored house by Anna and her husband Matthew Purver, they received visitors (guesthouse ) and they have an organic garden (cucumber and others vegetables): the guests take breakfast with the family and Anna makes also cooking workshops.Then Tiga is in Pula: she meets Edouard Kolic at the Roman amphitheater; after a walk in Pula they take a boat and go the Brijuni island, the former summer residence of Marshal Tito; then the national park : the Marshal Tito has received many animals as gifts and the most famous the 44 years old female elephant Lanka, gift of Indira Gandhi.Finally Tiga travels to the island of Cres where she meets Emir Asani, they visit the main village and go to the mountains: they meet Franjo Toic the shepherd who breeds sheep and sells the wool to Vesna Jakic , a workshop where they produce clothes and woolen elves.Later Tina goes with Emir to Lubenice where they meet Bruna one of the 4 inhabitants of the place, they take a boat and enjoy a beautiful beach. Besides we see zooms about the lighthouses of the Croatian coast, about the Istrian cooking , about the Boskarin cows, about sea food cooking, about the stone houses , about the Sveta Foska church, about stone sculpting, about a Croatian traditional game , about the island Pag and about the Fratarski Otok near Pula.—zutterjp48
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