Storms in Croatia

Monday 21/7
Today we went to Motovun, which is a hilltop town similar to those in Tuscany. It was about a 75 minute drive but weather beginning to cloud over.
We had to park the car a long way downhill from the bus stop which takes you up to the start of the town.

 We decided to eat first as it was lunchtime and had a very pleasant meal on the terrace of a restaurant looking over and along

Storm front

the valley below - we could see the storm front advancing on us up the valley, in this pic it has just about reached us.

We started up the hill from the restaurant aiming to spend about an hour walking round the walls of the town (its not huge) but the heavens opened and we ended up sheltering here, soaked to the sking as the monsoon began - there was quite a blitz spirit among all the unsuitably dressed nationalities sheltering there

Archway when not raining

When the rain had eased, rivers in the streets


Anyway we were cold and soaked to skin so walked back down hill to b us stop and waited in rain for bus, then walked downhill back to car. Heater on!
So never got to see Motovun, which was a shame as it looked beautiful. Annoyingly sun came back out on drive home!