Blustery Birthday with no beach
Trip Start
Jun 14, 2009
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Trip End
Jun 24, 2009
Korcula Town,
Korcula,
Croatia
Monday, June 22, 2009
We have learnt some fascinating facts which we would never have guessed:
- the Cravat, or necktie, was invented here as part of military uniform and later adopted by the French;
- the first working parachute was made here;
- the ballpoint and fountain pens along with the hot water bottle and, of all things, a laundry bluing agent was invented by a Croate;
- the father of radio and alternating electric current was born in Croatia;
- fingerprint identification was invented by a man born on the Croatian island of Hvar;
- but no-one is sure whether or not Dalmatian dogs started in the Croatian area of Dalmatian :-)
Time for lunch and then, hopefully a walk in the dry
Korcula Town and Island
. More later...Well, we have eaten, sat and watched the world go by, walked back to the hotel in more pouring rain, had an afternoon snooze and then, HOORAY, the skies cleared up! We rushed out to explore and see what things looked like in the dry and found a pretty local beach to walk onto. Then, one of the turrets of the Old City walls has been turned into a cocktail bar so we climbed to the top to look at the view. To get up the last bit you have to climb a stepladder, I had a very nervous waitress watching me go back down :-) Then it was off to a waterside café for a beer before finding a restaurant for supper.
We chose a restaurant that looked nice and found that we were seated at a table with two other couples, both turned out to be English so we had a fun evening chatting and eating THE most delicious fresh fish, sea bass, meal we have had in a very long time.
