Croatia Day 8

Day 8: Back to Mjlet (mid-northwest of the island)-Prozura

A tactical error was made this morning.  Before the full crew was awake, Rich, David, and I made a run (about 2 minutes away) to the bakery that opened at 6. 

You would think that after nearly a combined 140 years of marriage, our wives would know better than to send the three of us into a bakery with an unlimited budget.  Add to that, we met Luca there who e4gged us on.

Surprisingly no one complained about or chices of breakfast pastries taht included, croissants, palin, jam filled, and chocolate, apple and cheese strudels, and pecan danish.  Our plan was to have coffee and get out of the crowded marina early and then anchor at a nice swimming spot and have breakfast there. It required an armed guard to keep David and Rich  away from the pastries before breakfast.

As we were getting coffee together we had a near disaster.  Luca was hosing down the deck when Rich gasped "I think Luca just fell in"!  He slipped on the wet gangplank and fell into the water in the 3 foot gap between the stern and the dock.  He, fortunately, did not hit his head, but did badly scraped and bruised his leg (and I think his ego).  We were all very happy that the injury was not that bad, considering.  I think the rest of the crew was worried that Rich and I would have to take over. Phew!

We left Korčula  while most of the boats were still asleep heading for an anchorage on the east side of Mljet Island.

   

The seas were very calm, so we decided to start breakfast along the passage.

Scrambled eggs with veggies and of course, lots of pastries were on the menu for the morning.

We anchored at a cove beneath a private vineyard, a truly idyllic spot.

Craig dropping anchor

Molly gave it her best try, even putting on Rich's wetsuit top

but still too cold for the Floridian

We pressed onward after we were all water-logged to the town of Prozura and docking at another local restaurant, Marijina Konoba.

At the dock, mussels and oysters were sitting in baskets in the water just begging to be eaten at tonights dinner.

The weather waas hot enough for even Jeri to get into the water (somewhat).

Tonight's dinner was 3 kg (6.6lbs) of rooster fish, a local white fish  that was very tasty.

We started dinner with mussels and oysters that Suzy was dying to have.  We had hoped to get to Ston, the oyster capital, but it was not going to mwork out on our itinerary. The oysters here were Ston oysters, so this would hopefully satisfy Suzy's craving.

Richie elected the prawns which required a bib and post-prandial shower.

We did a pretty good job on the 6 + pounds of rooster fish even without Rich or Molly's help, but we all decided we had to stop eating like this, or we would each need to buy a 2nd seat for the flight home.