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Slow food in Croatia!
... to get and also to be sure what we were going to be charged. We told him that we really wanted to taste his cooking and asked him to present tastes of what he thought was best.
We were then presented with a starter – which was a platter of anchovies (fresh!) with a dollop of sheep's milk cheese ( a delicacy here), and also a number of freshly cooked but cold black mussels out of the shells on a bed of lightly vinaigrette/lemon lettuce and herbs. ...
"Everything full. No rooms. Not until September"
... onion gravy sauce concoction with macaroni pasta and it tastes absolutely amazing, especially after weeks of cheese and ham sandwiches. It's four pounds for a huge bowl of it and we licked the plate clean. We washed it down with several litres of beer. We watched the local school girls practicing for their baton twirling show, the old boys putting up fairy lights and building the bar and the ladies bringing in huge bowls of food and leaving with piles of onions to make more. ...
Day Seventeen
Viganj
Vicky cycled the 12k to Orebic and back this morning, in search of a memory-card reader. The ride was beautiful, all along the sea-coast, although there was the minor issue that as her feet couldn't actually touch the ground, she had to hope that she didn't need to stop at any of the roundabouts. Luckily, this early in the morning the coast was clear and she only had to dodge a few passing runners and other cyclists. The town of Orebic ...
Korcula - the birth place of Marco Polo
... branch off the spine of the main street like the fish bone. Fish bone shape was used in Korcula Old Town design to reduce effects of wind and sun and provide citizens with sheltered and comfortable accommodation. The architecture in the Old Town is mainly influenced by Venetian Renaissance. The Old Town center is dominated by the splendid St.Mark's Cathedral built in the Gothic-Renaissance style, completed in ...
Croatia or bust!!
... are in the town of Korcula, which is essentially a walled fortress overlooking the sea. The view from the sea wall is amazing and the waters are so clear, the place has such a Mediterranean feel to it. When we arrived in the morning we sipped an esspresso on an outdoor patio watching the tacky tourists walk by. We are hoping to catch some sun today so we can take another dip in the Adriatic. Chao for now, we'll keep you all posted. Pollos ...