We had a nice afternoon, in sun, clouds threatened but didn’t spatter on us. Did the rest of the museums first then a boat trip to nearby Lokrum island, pine clad with an 11C monastery. Nice jaunt.
Now black overhead, what do you think is coming...Will go to the recommended resto below our apt and don't have far to run if the heavens open again. What did we do to deserve all this bad weather??? We need a Buddhist monk to bless us again...Ted should never have lost that bracelet...
Since we are leaving, next day dawned sunny and totally blue sky. A lovely day for a drive up the peninsula to the island.
Ted picks up his usual bagful at bakery and an hour into the trip up the peninsula, we come across Croatia’s oyster heaven. We will stuff ourselves with them and as much of the local good white wine as we can bearing in mind somebody is driving...
Memories of Arcachon...
Yesterday a seafood platter for dinner, a whole sea bream (Dorado), langoustine, shrimp, prawn (yes one each, huge) mussels tons of garlic and oil. And finally fresh veggies, green beans and boiled potatoes. The oil here is really lovely - famous but Ted says we can't haul any back...or the white truffles which are in season here now but ridiculously expensive.
There is a small veggie and flower market here every day. I bought flowers first day so our apt has smelled lovely the whole time. Yesterday a lovely native market, ladies and men in their trad gear and lots of lovely food and wine and liquor products. I bought a nice piece of traditional embroidery from one lady here. In Slovakia I bought some beautiful lace, a bell for my Xmas tree and a bird for bird-sitter Nicole.
Ted got a note from Mark today. He traveled down this coast in 1971 and it was all dirt cheap. He commented on how Europe has become vey popular and as a result really expensive now.
Talked to people at the bar yesterday (bar hanging off the cliff over the water with views out over the sea and the two big cruise ships that came in yesterday!!!) They commented it is all Toronto prices, no bargains here. He was a lawyer from Toronto so I guess not too worried about prices.
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