Friday was a full office day for Hugo. After work we went for another swim. There were clouds around, so it was a little cooler than the previous day, but the water was still very nice. Back at the apartment we had a quick shower, then explored more of Cefalù's narrow streets on the way [...]
Today was a moving day again. For the first time it seemed like everything would work out smoothly. We could check out by 10:00, walk or catch a bus to the train station, arrive in Cefalù by 12:00 and check in immediately. We checked out by 10:00 and walked to a coffee shop. It took [...]
Wednesday started with the realisation that we had a room but no kitchen supplies. We had not yet visited a grocery shop and did not even have milk for coffee. Luckily, there was a small café-bar around the corner that seemed to be used mostly by locals. Nobody appeared to speak English, but pointing at [...]
We had planned to take the train from Castellammare del Golfo to Palermo. We generally prefer travelling by train, even if getting to the train is sometimes more complicated than the actual journey. On Monday we checked the schedule and saw that there was a train at around 09:00 and then nothing again until 14:00. [...]
Monday began with coffee and some of the little filled croissants our host had left for us. Almost immediately afterwards, a message arrived saying that our boat trip had been cancelled. They offered to move us to the following day, which was not especially useful since we would be checking out. We never found out [...]
Our first full day in Sicily was a Sunday, and we started it very slowly. Breakfast was the four slices of pizza left over from the previous night. Being in Italy had its perks: the apartment came with a one-litre bottle of olive oil and a 500-millilitre bottle of balsamic vinegar, so we dipped the [...]
We woke up at our airport accommodation near Zagreb and immediately realised that we had absolutely nothing for breakfast. Eating at the airport would have been the obvious solution, but the food there looked both expensive and badly reviewed. Instead, we came up with a much better plan: take the 50-cent city bus to a [...]
We checked out by 09:00 and decided to take our luggage into Dubrovnik and store it there. That seemed easier than trying to arrange something at the guesthouse and then having to travel all the way back to Mlini for it later. With almost 14 hours to fill before our flight, we bought Dubrovnik Passes. [...]
For most of our married life, we have not needed to set an alarm. Whenever we suddenly do need one—particularly for something like a 07:40 boat-trip pickup—Hugo has a restless night, waking repeatedly to check the time. This morning was no different. He checked at 02:30, then again at 04:30, before the alarm finally went [...]
We checked out by 09:00 and walked the 1.7 kilometres back to Korčula harbour for the fourth time. Waiting there was a familiar sight. Ad Astra, the enormous yacht that had caused such a spectacle when it arrived in Stari Grad, had caught up with us in Korčula. Ad Astra had followed us from Stari [...]
