By the time I woke up (close to 8:00), Dan was off on a photography adventure with our friend Franka. I’m not any good at street photography and I’m very lazy, so sleeping in sounded like a great plan to me. Greg was also out on his morning bike ride. I didn’t see anyone else up, so I just enjoyed sitting out on the patio area where we eat our dinners. It was cloudy and windy and soon I could see that it was raining in the distance. That rain eventually reached us, and at that point Jan and I were outside together. She had made coffee and was about to heat milk, so we went inside to get ourselves a cup.
As we sat outside on the balcony of their level (we are the level above) weather continued to change. Dan sent me a photo — he and Franka were getting coffee as well. I said it started to rain here and he said it was raining there as well. When Greg got back he had been rained on as well. It’s going to be that kind of day, I think.
Avni fixed a lovely breakfast (boy do we owe Greg and Avni for all their work!), and we set the table to eat outside. As we ate it was clear the rain was coming again. This time the wind was wild and it blew in to the terrae area, but not enough to hit us. After eating too much we cleared the tables and washed dishes, and again some of us sat outside. Eventually it began to pour.
(One thing you might notice: when we have a siesta, or when the weather means we can’t be out and about, I write more: I actually write during the day and add to what I’ve written before I head to bed. It does mean I put more info in! If I blog only at night it’s likely to be short because I’m tired.)
Eventually we did manage to get out. I wasn’t sure that would happen, so it was nice that Avni had suggested an olive oil tasting spot, Stella Croatica, and then a cave we could check out. So off we went!
After driving through some rather flooded areas, and getting through the long line of cars (there is only one road for us to head out on), we headed toward the Stella Croatica. It was a short tour, and the olive oil production isn’t carried out there so we didn’t see that, we got to taste olive oil and other tasty treats. We ended up purchasing some sweet things that we planned on sharing later in the evening. We can’t buy anything to take home: we can’t add any weight to our luggage if we want to continue with carryon only!
Just a few photos of the garden outside:
From Stella Croatica we went to a castle that was include din our ticket price, the Fortress of Klis. We explored it a bit, splitting up into two groups eventually, because some of us weren’t comfortable going further: the wind was pretty wild, and it looked like it might rain. As those in the group I was in were waiting for the rest (Dan, Avni, and young Hannah) it began to sprinkle a little bit so we finally opted to go down to our car. We got there and took shelter in the car as the rain began. I finally got a text from Dan asking where we were so I went out to connect with him. Then the rain REALLY came down and I was getting soaked! I met up with him, we took shelter under a building, and eventually saw the remainder of the group coming so we went back to the cars. (This isn’t the complete story but you don’t need all that!)
The cave was just not possible at this point, so we went back to the villa, hung out, enjoyed a glass of wine, and then had a fabulous dinner made by Avni. Much time was spent around the table telling stories from our past and more.
Now I’m in our room, and I’ll post this and perhaps post photos but the internet connection is wonky again so those may or may not appear tonight.
