Saturday, July 17, 2010

Vis, Croatian Island, Mid Dalmatia coast

Took the 3pm ferry to Vis.  Drove to the other end and back, about 10km.  Dinner at Vista Klub, seaside, yummy lamb.  Found Milna, about 10pm, am overcharged but this place is gorgeous.  I'm sitting on a balcony in the middle of the Adriatic.  My view is two small islands.
First day here, I shopped for food and rested.  Watched Star trek, took an afternoon swim at the rocky beach.  The proprietor, Antonia came by with a plate of salted fish with tomatoes and green peppers, drizzled with olive oil.  Incredibly good! The only thing missing was the wine.
Next day I went to get wine.  First a dip in the sea at the sandy beach.
Pulled into a winery.  Found a table with 4 men and two woman.  One of the men, cute Belgian journalist, offered to translate.  Tried red wine, crno, prosek, port like and a grappa.  Bought the first two for 100 kunas.  The closure is the old bottle cap type.
Then I drove into Komiza, to check on grotto tour, internet cafe and booked a hotel in Dubrovnik.  Finding a hotel at night with a dog in a new city is not always fun.
Stopped in what I thought was a winery but really was a restaurant and asked for both red and white wine.  They looked at me funny.  Took a dip at Razunac beach before heading "home" to Uskok.  It has cooled down tonight.  It is beautiful, sitting by the sea, noisy cicadas, voices carrying from the village but calm.  Being on vacation is great!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Linda - I see you are having a wonderful time touring one of our favourite parts of Croatia. first holiday week we were on the island of Hvar - just across from Vis. We loved walking around Split too.
    Enjoy the rest of your holiday!
    Ingrid
    (PS. the heat of the last couple of weeks here in Vienna is now down to a reasonable approx.25C after last night's storms!)

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