The number of motorcycles in and around Motovun is steadily growing. Year by year, there are ever more of them. And I am not the only one who has noticed it, either. A growing number of my friends and neighbors has commented on this trend already. To tell the truth, it is difficult not to notice it, too. Motorcycles can be seen, heard, and smelled everywhere one goes. They are fast becoming a regular feature of Istrian town and country alike. When only I recall the bleating of the local newspapers, which do not miss a single opportunity to extol the virtues of Istria as a five-star tourist destination! Five stars, my ass. Five-hundred farts is much more like it.