So, we spent 7 days on a boat in Southern Croatia which was lovely and relaxing and probably the longest we have ever not needed to pack our bags and move on. Here's a pic of our boat which did actually have sails but they only got put up once to show off.
And here's a pic that Nate took of the water because he thought it looked like oil and it kinda did.
So the first stop was the island of Korcula which was a cool little place. The highlight though was definitely Massimo's Bar which is pictured below. You got to the top via a ladder and the cocktails were hoisted up on the outside via a kind of dumb waiter on a pulley.
Here's us enjoying our cocktails at the top.
They also had ridiculous amounts of cats. We walked around one corner and I counted 14! Here's Nate with several of them after he shook his plastic bag and they all came running to see what he had.
And here's a little kitten we found. Too cute!
The next day we went to Hvar which is another one of the islands. They had a castle up the top of the hill so we went up there first. Here's a pic from the top. What a view!
We also found some gigantic dandelions on the way there. Here's a pic of Nate with a regular one and with the mutant one. Crazy!
The next day we went to Trstenik which was a tiny place but it had two wineries. The first one is quite well known and it was terrible. Two wines to taste and an awful woman working there. The next was fantastic. A really great guy and his son. The son was bottling and sealing the bottles while we were there. Here's a pic...
The wine was tasty and we decided on a bottle of red. The guy insisted we taste it again before we bought it. No complaints! We bought the red, borrowed some glasses and went and drank it on the beach. When we took back the bottle and the glasses the guy offered us more! I asked Nathanael to take a picture of me pretending to pour wine out of the vat thing and he insisted that I didn't pretend. Again I agreed. This one was the prosek which is like a dessert wine. Delicious.
And here's me and my new best friend.
Here's a pic of the beach at Trstenik. Out of shot to the left is a fair bit of rubbish which I've found is fairly common. Also, you can't see the sea urchins! They are evil and plentiful. Nate just brushed one with his hand and got some spine things stuck in his fingers. Apparently they can be pretty nasty if you step on them. Ouch. You just have to let the spines grow out eventually. Kinda like splinters.
We went to a few other places but they were fairly quiet. There were heaps of cats everywhere though. Here's some watching us eat dinner.
And one place was so boring some of the other guys resorted to skimming stones. And we also visited both supermarkets about 3 times each. haha.
Overall it was really good. We got breakfast and a three course lunch (oh yeah) on the boat everyday. The room had a double bed, cupboard and a surprisingly large bathroom (bigger than one we'd had in a London hotel only a week or so prior). And it was nice to relax and do nothing which probably sounds a bit rich from someone that has been unemployed for ages. haha
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