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Croatia/Adriatic

Livade, a small village in the Istria region of Croatia near Opatija. It is famous as the "truffle capital of the world" due to the proximity to the Motovun forest, a prime truffle hunting area.

Nicoli a Truffle hunter and his two dogs.

We are fortunate to meet a Truffle hunter named Nicoli. He introduces us to his two famous dogs that are trained to find the infamous Truffle in the ground. He hands me two truffles that have already been secured and for me to go into the forested area and bury them a two different locations.

I walked for some time into the area of the forest down the road and then off into the forest. I buried them in 2 different locations. Low and behold after some time both locations were found by the dogs. Amazing.

His two well trained truffle hunting dogs.

After our truffle finding demonstration we head up to the Hill Towns of Istria and the town of Motovun, one of the regions 136 mid evli hill towns.

After driving by bus as far as we can we transfer to a smaller bus and then walk from there to the top of the hill.

The street becomes more narrow as we go up higher.

We stopped at a family owned truffle shop at the top of the hill.

We sampled some of the local delicacies that were passed around for us.

Restaurant at the top of the hill in Motovun

What a view of the valley floor below and in the distance.

Beautiful church, a must see when in the town of Motovun. The village sits atop a hill and the church of the Virgin Mary is in the center, plaza.

View in the distance from the top of Motovun

Walking the wall behind the plaza and the church at the top of Motovun

View of the cemetery at the top of Motovun

Beautiful view of crops and fields in every direction. The parking lot below where we left the bus to pick up the smaller bus to the top of Motovun.

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