Strong winds, cold temperatures and lots of rain in the forecast…winter has come to Croatia early. Ferries have been cancelled and all the ships are seeking shelter in any protected bays that have room. Yay us! We have our boat moored very securely to the dock with others rafted to us. The crew tells us that if we can feel the wind and rain here, we really don’t want to leave the shelter of this bay.

But we’re not going to let this cramp our schedule, we have biking to do! Honestly though, I don’t think either of us would have been put out if they decided to scrub today’s ride and we just stayed inside.

All the bikes are in a row for us and once we mount up, we are ready to go. Today’s mission is 35km out of Stari Grad to the other side of the island, have a treat, then come on back. The morning is beautiful and we are so glad the decision was to bike, the conditions were actually perfect for the entire ride.

It only started to close in once we were back in Stari Grad so I hurried off to Tommy’s, the big grocery market at the end of the bay, for a few provisions for lunch. However, I didn’t clue in that they were closed until I got to the front doors to find them locked…it’s Sunday! Grrr Oh well, we still have many oranges that we bought the other day, plus chips and a giant chocolate bar. Not all was lost.

While I napped this afternoon Janelle found herself in the midst of a Bridge battle. Lot’s of things to keep in mind with the king of card games. When to bid, how to bid…then remember in what manner your partner bid – what card do I lead with to let my partner know what I have in my hand. Too much!

I also missed the crew gave some Croatian language lessons to everybody, I hear it went quite well.

I did wake up in time for a few hands of Crib before dinner. The first game wasn’t even close, but Chris and I came within 1 point of wining game 2…121-120. Next time ladies…next time