Milna on Brac and thoughts of home....

It was the 28th September. We had chosen Baotic Marina in Togir to winter the boat. Torgir is just up the road from Split and where we were in Primosten is just a few miles north of there. So do we go north a little more and check out some recommended spots, or do we go south and do a better job of Brac. It is the third largest island in Croatia and all we'd seen was Bol and Slatni Rat the beach but it never really feels right to back track.

The trump was the wind. Things were predicted to be good until a couple of days before we were due to get back in Togir. Then a strong southerly was predicted so it would be better to be pushed north by the southerly than bash into it from the north.

At 1:20 on the 28th September, we headed south toward Milna on Brac, a place recommended by Jake and Danni and once again, a good pick.

We got placed in a great spot and the quay was ideal for skate boarding...

Have I ever told you that the job I least enjoy is getting the kid's bikes off and on to the boat. Awkward, heavy and lots of moving parts in a small space....

Warm September sunshine.

Sal popped off for a wonder, the kids for a skate and I forget what I got up to, but whatever it was, I'm sure we all enjoyed the mini break.

The kids returned with news of a supermarket, the garbage bins and a cool Wifi Cafe. Sal with; "everything is closed but will open shortly and, I have found dinner." We did then get hustled at the boat for another restaurant that also sounded good, but Sal stuck with her pick.

Sundown. Time for a promenade.

First stop was literally a 'hole in the wall' winery.... (Do you think we have a problem?) It's ancient, tiny and its harvest time. You can see the wine and skins fermenting in the open barrels, The aroma small is the place and it is all done here by people who really look the part. The taster is poured from the vat. Your choice of wine purchase is poured from the vat.

Olive oil? Right where it is made, scooped from the stone trough into your choice of bottle size.

All it was missing the table, chairs and savory plate to suit the wine but we cannot have it all all the time now can we?

Dinner was awesome. We will never know how good the other place would have been but this one would have been hard to beat.

Strange, but from what we'd heard, we were not expecting great food in Croatia. Well talk about dropping my guard, can't get enough of it.

Milna is looking a little forgotten. Even though we're at the end of the season it was more than that. We discussed staying a couple of nights but get somewhere bigger where we could hire a car and check out the rest of the island was the decision.

We've come to recognise that it's like that at this stage. The end of the season is only days away, treading water, don't want to end it but thoughts of home and all that entails beckon.

Hard to stay in the present.

Unless your a kid....