Stari Grad, Palmazani, Vis and more in Croatia

It is hard to look back to see what I have written because the web site comes up in Croatian and I have not figured out how to change it yet. The keyboards are Croatian too so the y and z are reversed and there is now apostrophe. Oh well, that is part of international travel woes.

The sailing here has be tremendous. We have sailed almost every day with winds of 15 to 20 knots out of the N-NW. Yesterday they were flat, but the sun was out full time. The towns do look similar, mainly because they are all from centuries ago, made of limestone blocks, red tile roofs and shutters that always seem to be shut. We walk the back roads to get more of a flavor of local life. The bell towers always give a good indication of time as they bong 1, 2 or 3 times to mark the quarter hours, and of course, the number of the hour on the hour.

The local businesses are open in the morning and late afternoon and evening so we have to arrange our schedule around that for provisioning and touring. No matter, we are in port nearly every night enjoying the local cuisine of seafood, fish and spaghetti and pasta. The squid here is wonderfully grilled. Then every night I go to sleep in the comfort of the snores in the cabins and crabs eating away at the hull underneath. Last night there was music on the quay to lull me to sleep.

Went diving today to see the amphoras. Who knows what tomorrow brings as we change our schedule daily.