Two days left in Croatia. As we didn’t get the ferry time or the opportunities to visit islands during our trip to date, Al and I booked ourselves on a tour of the Elifiti Islands – there are 7 islands in total, 3 are inhabited. We met our boat at 9.30am, which took off up the coast to Dubrovnik to pick up other passengers. There were probably about 50 of us in total. I started off sitting up the top to get the sun and a good view for photos but it just got too hot so joined Al downstairs in the shade up the front of the boat.
First stop was Kolocep Island, then Lopud Island. Both are small enough to walk around but not in the 45 min we had for each. We must’ve been running late cause we were initially told we would spend an hour on each island. We only got time for a swim at both places but the water is so magnificent, we were happy. There were a number of boats following the same route so we saw familiar faces along the way.
I cracked it with a couple of tourists whilst we were on the boat. They would come up to the front to smoke, and after flicking ash that landed on the people behind them, they then proceeded to flick their cigarette butts into the water. I couldn’t help myself, and told them off! I think I got my message across, despite the fact they didn’t appear to speak English, and they then used a can to dispose of the butts. One for me! I had a go at another passenger later in the trip too so you can safely say I didn’t make friends of this lot but some other people smiled so I think they appreciated my comments and agreed with me.
Lunch was grilled fish and salad – quite disappointing and hard to eat as there was just so much salt added. Oh well, the bread was good.
The last island we visited was Sipan that had a lovely feel to it. If I was going back to Dubrovnik, I would definitely look at staying on this island for a couple of days. Al and I had a wander around, looking in a couple of shops, and churches, until we found this old garden that was badly in need of work. It looked quite old, and there were the most amazing trees – absolutely huge pine trees, palms, rhododendrons, etc. I would love to take a year off work and spend the year helping to restore this place (just not in the middle of summer!) There were a number of columns dotted around the place and statues, so I imagine that awhile ago it was a really lovely place – and could be again.
We had a swim on Sipan as well – crystal clear water despite it being a bit rougher than the other places we swam at. I am REALLY going to miss swimming every day – it has been fantastic for the mind and the body.
We arrived back at Srebreno and headed straight for the cafe below our apartment. The guys behind the bar know us now, we don’t even need to order – coffee in the morning, beers in the afternoon. I have really enjoyed the Croatian beer and feel as if I am now ready to take on the Belgian beer.
Dinner was at the same restaurant we had been to the 2 previous nights, and we were really pleased that we had our same waitress – Sandra. She is lovely, and every recommendation she has made in relation to food has been spot on. Srebreno Restaurant servers amazing food, especially seafood, and the service was fabulous. I had salmon linguini again – couldn’t resist as it was so good the previous time. White wine was great also.
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