Our ferry was at 230pm so we had lots of time to wander around the palace (alas most of the shops were closed cos it was Sunday) and visit the sculptor mestrovic's gallery. The sculptures were nice and we enjoyed the gardens as well.(pic is the view from the gallery) A few turtles and lizards were out catching some rays. One of the docents told me that the weather was unseasonably cold and that they hadn't seen as much rain in 10 years!
Just our luck, ah well. The weather is definitely warmer than Dubrovnik so Im not complaining.
After a tasty lunch of beef tortelinni soup anlamb stew ( we had enough of seafood) we made our way to the ferry. It was a relaxing 1.5 hours as the vessel 'dubrovnik' took us calmly across to the port town of stari grad. Spent most of it soaking up the sun on the upper deck.
We drive over to hvar town despite the gps which insisted on taking us through some dirt trail. Guess they haven't updated the maps of the island. Hvar is breathtaking with postcard views. Our hotel is a 15 minute walk from the town. A 30s building with a lovely garden and we share a huge terrace with ocean views complete with deck chairs. They even said we could take the chairs to the beach. But as we are now learning fast, there are now sandy beaches. Just rocks and pebbles. Ah Msia, how we have taken u for granted.
There are some very chic resorts with swanky furniture and facilities but the town has the ancient stone look similar to Dubrovnik and split. We had a lovely fast slow food dinner at macondo - from marquez'S 100 years of solitude. Octopus salad, salted anchovies, shrimp pate, fish soup and lobster spagetthi. Yum ! If only they weren't so heavyhanded with the salt. Guess they're used to it.
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