Saturday, 25 August 2012

all going swimmingly


Day 17 (Friday)

Got up late today to spend another day on the beach.  When we got back Bolto welcomed us with a chilled glass of white wine (you don’t get that service in a 5 star hotel!).  He explained that he has his own little vineyard back home in Zagreb along with various fruit trees.  We told him that we enjoyed the fish and he started off to get another batch before we managed to convince him that we really didn’t need any more.  He had a glass of wine with us but he knocked it back quickly because he had things to do and people to see.

Day 18 (Saturday)

Yes, you’ve guessed it – another day on the beach.  It was preceded by a morning at the harbour watching the Stari Grad swimming marathon.  Open water swimmers from all over the world were racing over 16 km around the bay.  They started at 8am and finished about 4 hours later.  A German chap won the race and he didn’t even look out of breath.

German chap 1 just beats German chap 2

a wreath for the winner

the winner

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