Walkability
One of the things I love about Europe is how walkable it is. The village I'm living in, especially. I can easily walk from my apartment to anywhere in town, and I love that. (Although, some of the streets around the center get a little confusing.)
Aside from the town itself, there's an archaeological park at one end of town that I walked around in about half an hour - a pretty little round peninsula with some excavated Roman building foundations and a couple small Roman quarries. And, given that this is Europe, there are at least three children's playgrounds around the park. On a nice day, this is a great area to walk around.
Excavated ruins.
A path winding through the trees.
View of the Medulin harbor from the park entrance.
On the coastline on the other side of town, there's a harbor full of boats - many of which can be rented for a fishing trip or an expedition to one of the nearby islands - and at the far end of the harbor is a restored medieval windmill. I love this windmill an inordinate amount because unlike the stereotypical windmill, Medulin's has sails instead of blades - canvas sails! I've never seen a windmill like that before, in person or in historical illustrations.
Medulin harbor and village.
The windmill! With the sails!
Another rare feature of this former fishing village is one of Croatia's few sandy beaches. It lies across the narrow peninsula from the windmill, and is not very long, but quite pretty with a lovely view out on the Adriatic. I've only made one visit to this beach so far, but will be going back very soon. I also plan to walk the length of the peninsula and see the bunkers at the far end, on what looks like it used to be a small island that was eventually connected to the peninsula, like several such places in the country.
Sunset on a beautiful fall day at the sandy beach.
Medulin isn't so much a place for sight-seeing, like Pula, but it's quiet (at this time of year) and pretty - and I can walk anywhere I want to go. I like I'm going to enjoy my time here. :)