Dubrovnik, Day 1

Tuesday was our first (full) day in Croatia. We went to the little grocery down the street and picked up eggs and bread and cheese, to cook our own breakfast. We also bought some much needed bottles of water. After some eggs and some Croatian subtitles on the telly, we headed down to meet the rest of the group for kayaking. Kristin (the bride) has planned activities each day, and today was kayaking, swimming, snorkeling, and lunch, all for 35 Euros. We kayaked thru Zaton Bay, then got to a little private beach for swimming and jumping off rocks.






Carolina, our fun Norwegian friend


We returned to the bay for snorkeling, but it didn’t end up being much, because where we put in the water was too dark. But the kayaking and swimming worked out nice (the water is pretty cool, but it feels great after awhile, especially with the heat and the sun).


Lunch was seriously a plate of meat, so you know there were no complaints from me. And we all threw in about 14 kuna (not even $2.50) to pay for the carafes of wine that we shared.


Then we went back to our villa and took naps. The plan for the evening had originally been to grill at the main villa, an assortment of fresh fish and what not. Unfortunately no one told us we had to put in the fish order two days in advance (since there were so many people). However, there’s a little grocery store near the villas, so everyone just bought a few items (vegetables, meats, cheeses, breads) and had an assortment of that. Lucky too, one of the guys on our trip is a chef, AND one of the villa owners, her husband is a chef...so the two of them gave us some rather gourmet results. There was an amazing cheese sauce made from three homemade cheeses, grilled vegetables, tons of amazingly well seasoned sausages and meats, and bottle after bottle of local wine. Quite the lovely night.

Meats to cook


This amazing appetizer that we are actually recreating from a restaurant in Baton Rouge...it's supposed to be roasted garlic and gorgonzola, and you smear it over bread and eat it and it's amazing. Although when they asked for gorgonzola at the store, the lady asked "do you want gorgonzola or do you want good cheese?" and they went with the "good cheese" which I think was essentially gorgonzola made by Jesus, and it was delightful.






oh, and this is the view out the window of our villa