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Tuesday 29th April 2025

You would not believe that it could happen but yes today we were kidnapped again!!

But before that we had another great breakfast in the beautiful dining room overlooking the front bar and water.

The view at brekkie

And then off for a nice easy flat walk along the waterfront in the opposite direction to yesterday's walk.

So tempting but no.

Beautiful from the other side of the town

But then we came upon a section of the walk that looked seriously uphill and very much not to my liking. If only there was another way up.

And then a man came along in a golf cart. I am sure I manifested him. (Ommmm etc)

He offered us a lift up the hill or so we thought but once on the golf cart, he headed straight up the hill and then another to take us to the Hotel Croatia despite our repeated requests for him to just (#$%^) stop here!!!!

Once we were there, he suggested we have a drink in the bar, have a look around and he would drive us back down a bit later on. The Hotel Croatia is a sister hotel to the Hotel Supetar where we were staying so this kind of made sense. Except we had not wanted to go there and did not want to buy a drink there or have a $%^& look around. We did not feel we could leave immediately so we sat on the nice balcony looking out over the water from the opposite side to our hotel.

nice views

Lovely and then time to leave. We walked out unsure if the golf cart man would be there just as he wooshed away another couple to somewhere they did not want to go. Luckily my eagle eye had spotted stairs going down the hill whilst I was looking for possible escapes.

Anyway, we found the stairs even though some people are so sceptical.

And yes I had to go down more than 100 stairs on a day of rest and no stairs!!

And some interesting water craft on the way back around to our hotel.

And more nice photos.

What an interesting and tiring morning.

A swim was very much needed. Our lovely 26 degree pool was very much appreciated today.

And then time for lunch!

Paul had a burger and chips because he can

I had a salad without any of the nice balsamic cream or other nice dressing that normal people can eat. But mine was so healthy and the best cherry tomatoes I have had in years.

And look a cat at our feet.

I think it is time to talk about the cats of Croatia.

They are everywhere and while many are strays, many are owned or just looked after by cat ladies.

Apparently, cats are well respected members of Croatian cities, particularly in Dubrovnik where they were introduced in the 14th century to help fight the bubonic plague spread by rats. Centuries later, they are still looked after. But also causing a problem with so many strays and possible disease etc. Not all good news.

But it has been fun cat spotting with the cat couple on the cruise and now with Paul. He is loving it!

After a rest in the afternoon after all the $%^& stairs, we had a drink on the hotel balcony looking out over the water. Lovely.

This is the Hotel Croatia right across the bay from us. It has a thousand rooms compared to the Supetar with only 16 rooms. I know which one I prefer.

Time to pack and plan for dinner. Foraging for our own food is very difficult especially now that the Lady Eleganza, our ship is in port. We walk past it over and over and look with great longing...

Dinner at the Konoba Teranj