_____________________________It came as a surprise to find that the water in the pools was actually seawater - complete with salt! Jan found that the one-level depth in the main pool (2.5m) was a touch too deep for her comfort, not being a strong swimmer. I'll tell you what - she's a 100% better swimmer than yours truly! Like a brick, I'm afraid. So let's see, that's flying, swimming..... any more fears then Lee?
I did get out there by the poolside sunbathing though. Pity I didn't get a tan.
One of the most interesting and beautiful landmarks in the town of Porec is the Euphrasius Basilica - a site of great archaeological and religious importance in the locale. In the 6th. century, Euphrasius, Bishop of Porec, had a cathedral built on the site of the older city basilica, harmonising it with a series of accompanying buildings that were together to create one of the great architectural complexes of the time. The taste of Bishop Euphrasius, moulded on the luxury of the east, could never have been satisfied with the state of provincial lethargy that marked Porec, Istria and most of the tottering Roman Empire.
Undertaking his great architectural enterprises, he was only in part to assimilate his ambitious ideas with the ancient base that he found there, and to a major extent was to bring in architectural and artistic innovations the likes of which the West had not seen.
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