After our London splash and dash we headed to Croatia, a country we had both longed to visit. First stop was Dubrovnik, a place with a strong Italian influence owning to the fact that it was once ruled by the Venetians (and consequently had great ice-cream). Dubrovnik is pretty, but is also pretty small and one morning was enough to do the sites, which included a sweaty walk around the walls of the old town. Otherwise, we relaxed on the many rocky “beaches” nearby. Although the lack of sand was frustrating, it didn’t bother us too much as we spent most of the time in the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean including doing a few ocean swims along the coastline!
After two nights we took a day ferry to the island of Hvar and, as we watched the Dalmatian coast drift by, listened to a Dick Lucas talk on the Church in Thyatira regarding the importance of relying only on teaching from the bible and not on anything “added” by man (Revelation 2:18-29 ).
Whilst Dubrovnik could be best described as cute, Hvar was idyllic and it was the first time on the trip which felt like a proper summer holiday. We spent most of the time relaxing on rocks (again no sand), either near Hvar or on one of the many little islands nearby. We even ventured so far as to hire a small put-put boat for the day to discover lots of private little coves again all with crystal clear water- it felt like we were back on honeymoon again!
4 comments:
We loved the photos of Croatia. Looking forward to the World Cup in three weeks time. See you in London on September 12.
It all looks so beautiful!! Keep soaking it up... (and great to see Fiona baptised - Praise God!)
You guys sure know how to make those of us left in grey-washed London very jealous! Great to see you're having a ball.
I can't believe you Londoners are going to show up the Aussies with your tan. I look like Casper compared to Rory.
See you in 3 weeks! (and counting)
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