We have a huge catch up to do with our travels. We’ve been very busy sightseeing, eating and drinking but the pace has slowed down now.

We spent a fantastic 6 night stay on the Croatian island of Hvar staying at Stari Grad, one of the oldest towns in Europe and supposedly has a history dating back 2400 years! Our apartment was fabulous with a great balcony for relaxing and a fantastic bbq which Greg utilized extremely well.

On our first night we wandered round the town and had a great sea bass and calamari dinner on the gorgeous waterfront which was aligned with heaps of boats both big and small and we even found one named Ronda!

St Stephen’s Church dats back to 1605 and its clock tower was built in 1753. The Church of St Roch was built in the 16th century.

We loved wandering the back narrow streets and we were amazed at how clean everything was…..also the huge number of cats that layed everywhere sunning themselves.

Along the waterfront promenade, there were numerous places for us to hydrate with both coffee and other beverages.

We decided to take Harley for a drive and our first stop was at the gorgeous little village of Vrobska, not far from Stari Grad, and the smallest town on the Island. The Fortress Church of Saint Mary of Mercy is unique in the Adriatic region. It was fortified at the expense of the local people for their defense against the Turks in 1571.

The girls climbed to the top, up a rather steep spiral staircase (Greg declined the offer) and had some great views of the town below.

We then continued onto the town of Jelsa, a larger holiday destination and stopped for a coffee on the waterfront. The Church of St Ivan was built in the 15th Century and sat in a very pretty square away from the touristy promenade.

We then continued along a rather winding road to Sućuraj, the most easterly point of the island. It was very laid back with a quaint fishing harbour and a lighthouse on the point..

It was a rather long day for both Harley and Greg so we stopped off on the way home for a couple of refreshments, then home for a “Roberts Caesar Salad” for dinner. It was a great day.

Another day we decided to catch the ferry and check out the island of Korcula and it’s stunning Old Town. We first had to drive to the town of Hvar and park Harley for the day.. The ferry port had heaps of yachts and boats, both large and extra large!

Behind the port there were loads of the usual small cobbled streets and also quite large open piazzas. We found it a little too touristy for us and were quite happy that we were staying in quiet little Stari Grad.

There will be a Part 2 to follow with the remainder of our time in Stari Grad. Too many photos of Korcula to add to this blog!😂 It was a photographers dream.

The weather has still been great, not too hot, the wine and beer is still good, probably too much of it!

Time to hydrate, and so far today Greg has walked over 9 kms, so his knees are, for a better word…shit!

Lots of love

Greg and Rhonda and Jude.