Our last couple of days in France were wonderfully spent with Nicolas & Elodie and their families. We had a lovely dinner with them in Annecy the night we flew back from Dubrovnik, funny how everything in France is familiar, we had got use to all the systems, the language etc.  Sunday was spent at Nicolas parents who cooked and great BBQ lunch and I learnt a new raw carrot dish that I can't wait to do when I'm back home. We swam in the pool, laid in the...

Wine tasting before 10am again – mmmm not sure about this, Croatian wine is very different and has a young flavour about it. We visited Grgich Vineyards in Trstenik for a tasting, a red and white both were nice but didn’t knock my socks off like the wine we had had in the restaurants in Split & Hvar.  Grgić Vineyard was established in 1996 by legendary Napa Valley winemaker, Croatian-born Miljenko “Mike” Grgich and his daughter, Vio...

No rest for the wicked breakfast at 7am and we depart shortly after. Our stop tonight is Korcula, the weather today is not too bad and we have a couple of swim stops that were just magical, jumping off the back of the boat into the water – heaven, it's refreshing but not cold. Some take this as exercise sessions swimming around the ship or towards the shore and back. Rod is a clown jumping off the back in all sorts positions!! I have been here 26 y...

We cruise by Golden Horn, said to be the best beach in Croatia but the wind is strong so we continue to Bol, we jump off the boat quickly and walk round the coast to a calm spot wherethere is no wind and have a magical swim off the rocks, Pascal is in heaven as he has been dying to jump in and a few swim stops have been cancelled due to the weather. We wander around the nice port of Bol, I liked the feel of this place, small and intimate.   The Canadians are i...