August 24-25, Adriatic Queen
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Our first night, Saturday night, was quiet as we slept in our stateroom on the Adriatic Queen in the port city of Makarska. The evening thunder and lightening storm passed, but now the air was humid and warm.
We were awakened by the sound of the engine leaving port. How nice it was to sleep in and let someone else ready the boat and take her out of the harbor. On our way to the island of where we spent most of the day and evening hiking and swimming in the national park Mljet, we took our first swim in the Adriatic in Kanaj off the island of Korkula The water was cool getting in, but once in it felt refreshing. The salty content made us quite bouyant. I could float legs down with head and shoulders above the water and not even dog paddle. Russ who is quite the sinker, sank only to the top of his without moving any other part. Needless to say, it was a very nice and relaxing way to spend an hour.
Shortly after our lunch on board, we rafted up in the port of Pomena, on the Island of Mljet. There must have been 20 other boats our size rafted up in two lanes against the the short dock with fantail aft decks facing one another. It was going to be quitie the party tonight. Happy hours on our boat are 9:30-11:30. Looked though as if we were in the sedate raft up of newer boats with more amenities, and the ones across from our stern were vintage boats for the under 30's singles crowd. Our captain is president of the yacht cruising boat association. Not sure what the responsibilities and headaches of this office, but it apppears there might be a benefit of his ship being the first to drop anchor in bays and some close priority to the dock so that guests only have a no or just a few yachts to traipse across as we disembark and embark.
We disembarked, bought ourselves a National Park ticket, and spent the rest of the day hiking, sightseeing (old monastrary and Roman ruins ) and swimming in a saltwater lake on the island of Mjet. The water in the lake was even saltier than the sea, clear, warm, and shades of blue-geen and aqua. Russ gave it the sink test, and almost his whole head was out of the water.
We had had such a filling lunch on the yacht that we found a restaurant on the way back to the boat where we just ordered and shared a greek salad and tomatoes, mozerella, and basil salads, red wine, and saved room for double scoop gelatos after dinner. By 9:00 in the evening our boat was reverberating from the music and base eminating from the big kid boats across from us. Each had their own music and psychedelic light show going on trying to out do one another. The cacophony of sound on our side was loud and discordanant. There are times when it's nice to be more mature and can gracefully say good night and block out the sounds in our stateroom. Good night kids, have fun.
DON'T MISS THIS WONDERFUl PHOTO ALBUM of CROATIA. Click HERE
Our first night, Saturday night, was quiet as we slept in our stateroom on the Adriatic Queen in the port city of Makarska. The evening thunder and lightening storm passed, but now the air was humid and warm.
We were awakened by the sound of the engine leaving port. How nice it was to sleep in and let someone else ready the boat and take her out of the harbor. On our way to the island of where we spent most of the day and evening hiking and swimming in the national park Mljet, we took our first swim in the Adriatic in Kanaj off the island of Korkula The water was cool getting in, but once in it felt refreshing. The salty content made us quite bouyant. I could float legs down with head and shoulders above the water and not even dog paddle. Russ who is quite the sinker, sank only to the top of his without moving any other part. Needless to say, it was a very nice and relaxing way to spend an hour.
Shortly after our lunch on board, we rafted up in the port of Pomena, on the Island of Mljet. There must have been 20 other boats our size rafted up in two lanes against the the short dock with fantail aft decks facing one another. It was going to be quitie the party tonight. Happy hours on our boat are 9:30-11:30. Looked though as if we were in the sedate raft up of newer boats with more amenities, and the ones across from our stern were vintage boats for the under 30's singles crowd. Our captain is president of the yacht cruising boat association. Not sure what the responsibilities and headaches of this office, but it apppears there might be a benefit of his ship being the first to drop anchor in bays and some close priority to the dock so that guests only have a no or just a few yachts to traipse across as we disembark and embark.
We disembarked, bought ourselves a National Park ticket, and spent the rest of the day hiking, sightseeing (old monastrary and Roman ruins ) and swimming in a saltwater lake on the island of Mjet. The water in the lake was even saltier than the sea, clear, warm, and shades of blue-geen and aqua. Russ gave it the sink test, and almost his whole head was out of the water.
We had had such a filling lunch on the yacht that we found a restaurant on the way back to the boat where we just ordered and shared a greek salad and tomatoes, mozerella, and basil salads, red wine, and saved room for double scoop gelatos after dinner. By 9:00 in the evening our boat was reverberating from the music and base eminating from the big kid boats across from us. Each had their own music and psychedelic light show going on trying to out do one another. The cacophony of sound on our side was loud and discordanant. There are times when it's nice to be more mature and can gracefully say good night and block out the sounds in our stateroom. Good night kids, have fun.
Monday, Day 75
We departed this morning for Dubrovnik. We arrived here around 1:00 while still eating a sea bass lunch. We did have a gorgeous swim stop in a bay Lubdu (sp). Incredibly clear water. Didn't even need snorkles to see the fish swimming under us. Russ and I swam 200 meters to shore and then back another 200 meters. Have to work off those ice creams somehow.
This afternoon, we have walked through the old town of Dubrovnik and are now sipping lemonade in an outdooe cafe. We are acheduled to take a guided waking tour i half an hour. Having a wonderful time, meeting some great people along the way.
All is well with the Worrall Travel R's in Dubrovnik, Croatia
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