This is St Euphemia Church, one of the main sites in Rovinj Croatia – where we are visiting.Euphemia stands atop the Venetian style bell tower and acts as a weather vane. If she is facing the sea the sailors know they’ll have a good day and if she’s facing the town – not so much!St Euphemia, age 15, was a martyr in the year 300.Story goes that she washed up on the shores of Rovinj in this sargaphogus 500 years later. Thus the name of the church.We decided to go up the bell tower for views of the surrounding area.192 terrifying stairs!At the top there was this hole that we could look through to see this crazy staircase.Built in 1754 – very scary climbing up AND going down!
Well, I didn’t cry but I went VERY carefully. It’s amazing that there seems to be no rules or regulations about safety here. Thanks for the comments. The ONLY thing I don’t like about blogging is that it’s hard to tell if anyone even looks at it. But it is sooo much easier to do than what I’ve done in the past. So there’s thst…xoxo
Murphys on the Move 
I think I would’ve cried on those stairs!
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Well, I didn’t cry but I went VERY carefully. It’s amazing that there seems to be no rules or regulations about safety here. Thanks for the comments. The ONLY thing I don’t like about blogging is that it’s hard to tell if anyone even looks at it. But it is sooo much easier to do than what I’ve done in the past. So there’s thst…xoxo
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I look at it!
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Bless you!!! ❤
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Bless you!!!!! ❤
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Murph,
Good to see your smiling face, you haven’t changed in 50 YEARS!
John just passed on your blog so I’ll be following you.
Gregg
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