Sunday, August 27, 2006
17 August, 2006
We woke up and thought we would have a nice slow breakfast. Well, at 10h01 they were already switching off the lights and cleaning up the breakfast buffet. We had to grab what we wanted and it wasn’t really pleasant. The hotel was very ‘Gistapo’ like and it is strange because it is on the beach and full of holidaymakers who are taking it easy. Anyway, check out was at 12h00 so we sat at the pool and caught up with e-mails. We then headed for the border…Well, the drive was so pretty with the ocean by our side all the way and mountains all around us. It was also much greener, the vegetation seemed to be changing too. We got to the border and just cruised through. One just has to literally flash the passport and you are in Bosnia. We drove about 15km and we were back in Croatia. The Bosnians do have an amazing piece of land in the middle of nowhere. Don’t know how that happened?
We took the turn-off to Peljesac which they call a half island. We had heard of a place called Ston and it is a tiny town famous for its seashells and Shellfish. It was so gorgeous and it was an important town in the history of the country. It was then (14th,15th century) the second biggest and most important city after Dubrovnik. There is a 5.5 km wall which was built as their protection and defense during wars and invasions and a while back it was the second longest wall after the Great Wall of China. We walked part of the wall that is still accessible and headed off to Orebic, which is a village on Peljesac island. We drove through some vineyards and olive groves and did some wine tasting along the way. I must say, their white wines are not great at all, I cannot comment on the reds because we don’t really drink red. But I think if anything their reds are slightly better. They also sell their wine in a 2 litre coke bottle – some are not packaged in glass bottles- really strange! We had a lovely drive to Orebic, it is a very pretty island. When we arrived we just loved this little beach town which nobody had spoken about. The sunset was spectacular and the beaches went on for ever. The water is so calm and the air so still.
After dinner we walked along the promenade and we heard Abba music. We arrived at some production of Mama Mia in German. It was really fun.
We woke up and thought we would have a nice slow breakfast. Well, at 10h01 they were already switching off the lights and cleaning up the breakfast buffet. We had to grab what we wanted and it wasn’t really pleasant. The hotel was very ‘Gistapo’ like and it is strange because it is on the beach and full of holidaymakers who are taking it easy. Anyway, check out was at 12h00 so we sat at the pool and caught up with e-mails. We then headed for the border…Well, the drive was so pretty with the ocean by our side all the way and mountains all around us. It was also much greener, the vegetation seemed to be changing too. We got to the border and just cruised through. One just has to literally flash the passport and you are in Bosnia. We drove about 15km and we were back in Croatia. The Bosnians do have an amazing piece of land in the middle of nowhere. Don’t know how that happened?
We took the turn-off to Peljesac which they call a half island. We had heard of a place called Ston and it is a tiny town famous for its seashells and Shellfish. It was so gorgeous and it was an important town in the history of the country. It was then (14th,15th century) the second biggest and most important city after Dubrovnik. There is a 5.5 km wall which was built as their protection and defense during wars and invasions and a while back it was the second longest wall after the Great Wall of China. We walked part of the wall that is still accessible and headed off to Orebic, which is a village on Peljesac island. We drove through some vineyards and olive groves and did some wine tasting along the way. I must say, their white wines are not great at all, I cannot comment on the reds because we don’t really drink red. But I think if anything their reds are slightly better. They also sell their wine in a 2 litre coke bottle – some are not packaged in glass bottles- really strange! We had a lovely drive to Orebic, it is a very pretty island. When we arrived we just loved this little beach town which nobody had spoken about. The sunset was spectacular and the beaches went on for ever. The water is so calm and the air so still.
After dinner we walked along the promenade and we heard Abba music. We arrived at some production of Mama Mia in German. It was really fun.
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