Sunday, 19 August 2012

Four Hills and a Funeral


Day 11 (Saturday)

As is tradition we started with breakfast from the bakery in Komiza.  A cherry strudel thing for me and frankfurter in a bread roll thing for Tracey.  It was then time to go back to our room, pick up our luggage and sharpen our elbows for the bus trip to Vis Town.
Arriving at the bus stop in plenty of time meant that we could put our luggage in the boot of the bus and our chances of not sitting in the stairwell increased dramatically.  The bus driver let us all on and we started to be roasted alive in the bus.  It got so bad that even the Croatians started shouting to the driver to turn on the air con.  The driver replied that is was on (at least that’s what I think he said).  Once the bus started to move the air con did start working and our lives were saved.

The ferry crossing back to Split was uneventful and then on to the catamaran to the town of Bol on the island of Brac.  We had booked accommodation at the Villa Giardino:


This is the first place we have booked ‘on the go’.  It’s a bit above budget but we’ll try and save on the next one ;-)

We were told that it was just up the hill from the harbour.  After walking up four different hills we finally found it!  The owner (Christine) took pity on us and furnished us with a glass of homemade lemonade – delicious.  Christine recommended the restaurant Mendula for our evening meal which was further up the hill (well, at least it was downhill on the way back).  The meal was great and we finished with complimentary liquors.  A grappa for me and something that tasted of pear drops for Tracey.  I’m not sure what was in it but Tracey certainly had some bizarre dreams as a result.  I won’t go into too much detail but it included a funeral, Inspector Lewis and time travel.

The internet connection here is still really slow so I’m afraid there are no photos.

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