Croatia lost the game last night. It went quiet in the streets once the game ended, thankfully. I left to go to bed after the score was 3-0 for Mexico.
Breakfast was in our fridge in the room for us to make ourselves this morning. I had bought some muesli to add milk to for myself and a banana to get some nutrition in there. Other than that there was bread, ham, and cheese, so I also ended up making a ham and cheese sandwich. It was pretty tasty.
The group met up at 8:15 to walk over to the lake and hop on the boat for a day out on the water. I sunscreened the hell out of myself before leaving so I could bake in the sun all I wanted. I've lost my Greece tan so I have to work on my tan again.
The boat was fairly small and simple. Drinks were included so right off the bat the captain of our private little boat was trying to get us drinking beer or wine. We declined at first and took it slow.
The water was so clear and blue and the day so beautiful. It was a perfect 28 degrees. Our first stop was The Bay of Bones - an old pile-dwelling settlement that was discovered under water and reconstructed. It was fairly interesting and cool to walk around in and get an idea of what it was like. While wandering around there, I came across two little puppies sitting in the shade. I couldn't help but pick them up and snuggle with them. They were so adorable and I didn't want to leave them.
Right after we left that area and were back on the boat the captain heard Katherine and I talking about how we had really bad garlic breath from last nights dinner. He said he had just the cure - a shot of local spirit of course - Raki. He poured us each one and we painfully took it. It didn't seem to help.
From there we stopped at a monastery along the water and walked around. Then it was off to a little fishing village for lunch. We enjoyed the delicious catch of the day from the lake.
We were all dying to get in the water so we finished quickly and hopped back on the boat to go to a swimming spot. Karren and I were the first to jump in off the back of the boat as the others were concerned about how cold it was going to be. The water temperature was perfect to me - but I'm used to the Canadian lakes.
After the swim Amy and I took full advantage of the roof of the boat and laid out there to dry and take in the sun. We took advantage of the wine and beer on the way back to shore. We ran them dry of wine.
While sipping on our wine we chatted with the captain a bit and found out about his life a little. He seemed to be quite well off. His son and daughter both had their own apartments, as well as him. His kids were in university and he only works from March to November doing boat trips. Apparently he has also come up with two inventions (a rainbow cleaner?) that were bought out by Americans. He was a really nice guy and made sure we were all well taken care of.
Once back on land I booked it to the market to buy some snacks for lunch tomorrow and then headed home to shower and repack my laundry that the hotel cleaned for me! I finally have clean clothes again! Yay!
I am now sitting in Karren and Steve's room partaking in our wine and chocolate pre-dinner routine with Kerry and Katherine. I've skipped dinner kind of tonight as I have a ton of fruit in the fridge to eat. At 9 we're all going to go out with Brian to watch some football.
Tomorrow we're off to Albania!
Katherine and I at the fortress at the Bay of Bones:
Puppies I found:
Our awesome captain trying to get us to drink:
And semi-succeeding - these are the anti-garlic shots of Raki:
Bay of Bones reconstructed huts:
Lunch:
Swim time:
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