Pula

We are continuing our sail up the coast of Croatia, toward Venice. Our port today is Hvar, an island and city in Croatia.

I got up and went into the dining room with my I-pad. I arrived before the rest of the friends so after I got my food I sat down and started to read. There was no one else in the dining room and the bus boys were not busy. One young man asked if this was the I-pad and when I said yes, we started to play with it a bit, soon I had all four of them around watching and asking questions. We were having a great time and were omly interrupted when other passengers started arriving.

The time to disembark today was 8:00 and all but two of the friends decided that it was just too much too ask of us, so we slept in a bit and went into town later. In order to make up for the lack of a tour guide I provided the friends with my understanding of what we had missed--totally made up of course but delivered in serious guide style. They seemed satisfied with my work.

The city is quite small. It is open to the bay and the main square is right on the bay. They have a beautifully restored church of St. stehens at the end of the square. The business area is about two blocks long and there is not a lot there. They do make lace from agave fibers which I gather is quite difficult and makes the lace very expensive. They also have a number of lavender fields in the area and sell a lot of lavender oil and sachets.

We came back to the boat fairly early and most of us napped or sat on deck for the afternoon.

I met Mrs. Leckie this evening and if Nor is really nice to me I will let him touch the hand that shook the hand.

This has been a great trip but I am glad there is only one day left.