A perfect day

 Friday: Korcula (island)

You guys. I did it. I found the best gelato in Croatia.  This was called Cherry Chocolate Mania  


I arose from slumber when hubby arrived with a white coffee and a chocolate croissant from Mlinar. We ate our pastries on a terrace in our building and made the plan for the day. I’m happy that it will be a chill day.  Ocean, food, wander the town, Marco Polo Museum, ocean, nap, food, wander the town. 


Our first ocean spot was a perfect overlook of the old town.  Normally at the ocean I’ll just take a dip and then go and read my book while hubs snorkels.  I was happy as a clam floating like a buoy in the ocean on top of my airplane pillow. Lol. (It’s also a great cushion for sitting on rocky beaches.) Eventually I emerged from the ocean and found a shady bench to read on.  It was a perfect morning.  


Found a little pizza place for lunch where we split a pizza again.  Cheese, oregano, bacon, and egg.  Tap water for the win.  Hubby has been enjoying a cocktail called The Hugo throughout our trip, of Italian influence. 


Fortified with water and food, we visited the Marco Polo museum, which also took us to the top to a nice view of the old town and ocean. Afterwards, we swam in the ocean again outside our hotel window.  


We cleaned up and took naps and then started a load of laundry.  We were delighted to see that our building has a laundry room available for guests.  Then we headed to explore a bit and then to dinner. 


Todays dinner was specially arranged.  Marko Polo Konoba. Hubby wants to try a dish called Peka, and you can only get it by reservation because it takes awhile to prepare.  He is having octopus peka.  It’s basically a fancy stew.   He’s been on the hunt for an octopus culinary experience that matches the one he had in Greece in 2019.  


He was very pleased. I asked him how it compared to the place in Greece and he said it was about equal.  Success!  I had macaroni and beef sauce.  It was very similar to what I had last night, which I loved.  We took the taxi again back to old town and met a lovely Croatian with an Irish accent. He told us that during Covid, Croatia basically had no jobs because they rely heavily on tourism. A cheese factory was hiring in Ireland so he up and left for 6 years.  And acquired their accent while he was at it. 🤣


We walked around old town some more and had some gelato.  I found the best gelato in Croatia and probably the world. Cherry dark chocolate. It was amazing.  Back to the room to organize for tomorrow.  


We are starting to get a little sad.  We have had such a good time and tomorrow we move to our final location: Dubrovnik. 

























I have a theory. Taylor and Travis are distracting the world with Madison Square Gardens and they are actually on this boat in Korcula. Will report back…

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