Saturday, July 4, 2015

Day 10 Biking Hvar to Korcula

Today is Island day.  We spent most of the time on Hvar and eventually ended up in Korcula.  It was quite the active day..my fit bit had me at just 100 calories shy of 4000 calories for the day.  Highlights of the day were a big uphill bike ride and then a scary downhill mountain bike ride, seeing the sites in Hvar and then a longish Ferry to Korcula
Map of where we were today.  We started at Barko Rooms on Hvar and ended up in Korcula.  For reference this is the coast near Dubrovnik which includes the Bosnian coast


We had just finished having our own breakfast on the balcony when our host brought these delicious cakes.  Boozy cake for breakfast...why not right?

It took a little bit to get the bikes figured out but here Zach is at the start of our self done bike tour near the bus station


What a lot of the first 7 km looks like.  Up hill on a country road.  We did bike past the town dump which was disgusting, but otherwise the ride was filled with great views and lots of lavendar

Lavender field near Bruje with the ocean in the distance

Us very happy to be at the top

After a little flat section we were off down the giant hill on this path marked extreme mountain biking.  This cemented my view the mountain biking is not my sport.  I probably walked about 1/4 of the way when the loose rocks were just too scary

Old town we passed with very little inhabitants.  Somebody was still ringing the church bell though

We finally made it to Milna where we searched out the bakery and tiny grocery store for lunch.  This is a cheese and spinach pastry.  Also notice the tons of liquid which we really needed

Milna is basically known for its beach which is where we had lunch and went for a brief swim to cool off.  Strangely here all the beaches have these chairs and umbrellas you have to pay for.  They wanted $10 for 2 chairs and an umbrella even though we really just wanted to sit for 15 min.  We ended up just sitting in the shade.  Also the water to rinse cost like 30 cents for 30 seconds.

Map and stats from our bike route (note this includes swimming and lunch time)

After biking the small highway back to Hvar town we decided as long as we were hot and sweaty it was time to hike up to the castle above town.  It was only about a 15 min walk, but it was kinda steep

Walls up to the castle

View of Hvar port from the top

Our reward at the top was ice coffee (which here always seems to mean coffee with ice cream and whipped cream)

After hiking down we stopped at our room.  The owner nicely let us keep the room all day since nobody else was coming.  We showered looked some stuff up (really this was me trying to figure out what was going to happen in Korcula since we didn't have ferry tickets yet).  After packing up we had about 1 hour to see some sites.  This is the convent where they make fancy lace out of a local plant.

Sculpture inside the town church the Cathedral of St. Stephen

Last supper painting in the monestary near our place

More inside the monestary 

After our brief tour of town sites we grabbed our bags and got some ice cream while we waited in line for the ferry

Dinky with the lovely lavender that our hotel host gave us

Our ferry to Korcula was nearly 30 min late

Finally our hotel in Korcula at about 9:45.  It was a great room but we didn't hardly have any time here

We quickly wandered town, found a place that did fish chips and beer for like $20 total

Town gates in the wall on the way back to our place
And finally it was bed time.  Not nearly enough time for sleep, but now I know the ferry schedule and would not have planned it this way.  Still a good day in genearl

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