Rovinj (pronounced [rǒʋiːɲ]; Istriot: Ruvèigno or Ruveîgno; Italian: Rovigno, Ancient greek: Ryginion, Ρυγίνιον) is a city in Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of 15K people.
Located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, it is a popular tourist resort (hence the reason we visited it) and an active fishing port (did anyone say water).
Istriot, a Romance language once widely spoken in this part of Istria, is still spoken by some of the residents.