Rab, Pat to Zadar

A good night's sleep. Breakfast over with and we are already on our way. Another leisurely morning in smooth seas. More reading time and then watching the world go by up on the top deck. We anchor near the island of Pag where one of the crew swims to shore with the rope that gets hooked around a large rock. We have more intrepid swimmers prepared to test the waters. Without exception they comment on the water being colder than yesterday and a strong current.

Lunch was good. We sat at a table with 7 others. All were talking about whether they had done anything prior to the cruise or were doing something else after the cruise. Julie started telling them about our camel riding, tent dwelling, desert experience in Morocco. I was adding tidbits and there was much laughing. At one stage someone said that we should be on The Travel Guides show as we were so definitely funny. Not sure if this was a compliment or not! The coastline was lovely as we sailed into Zadar. A walking tour of the old city was planned for 3.30 but there was clearly a stuff up as once we were in Zadar we were told that the tour would not happen until 5.30. As it was about 2.30 we decided to go for our own walk. A light rain had started to fall so we set off with our umbrellas. For such an old city there was no shortage of churches. Saw the old Roman ruins too and ended up at the end of the island where a sea organ was heard. Not sure how it was created but a number of pipes had been erected under water that opened up through small holes in the cement boardwalk. the noise created was similar to that of an organ but clearly not any specific tune. Hard to explain but great to listen to.

Right at the end of the boardwalk eas an amazing boat that was definitely privately owned. It was fenced off and the gang plank raised so no one could get near it. A check on line and it is owned by some Mexican billionaire. I won't even off a suggestion of where his money came from! The clouds were becoming most ominous so we started heading back to the ship.

the blue solar panels are apparently storing up power during the day, so that at night, they create a light display. By the time we got back to the ship it was raining again (mind you, we did happen upon a delightful little shop that was open (nearly all others weren't as it was Sunday, even though there were at least 6 ships similar to ours that all came into port this afternoon) and I bought a ceramic figurine that Julie encouraged me to buy! Back on board and up on the covered deck to play Uno. We ended up with four of us playing as apparently we are the only ones playing the board games or cards but others want to join is! At 5.30 when the guided walking tour was about to start, the rain had stopped but as we had already seen all the main points of interest we decided to stay put. Dinner was good and we sat with some people from WA we hadn't talked to before. Once we got into telling our table guests some of our travel experiences, there was much laughing, and someone told us that we woyld be great on Travel Guides! Sunce this is now the second day running we have been told the same thing, Julie is half expecting that somehow that's in our furure... Oh dear... She had us all stunned when she saud that she easn't sure how she would go on the show as she wouldn't know what to say! Like that has ever stopped her before!!! This is now the equivalent of me rolling on the floor laughing. The night wore on, til there were only 2 tables with anybody sitting at them. Afellow at the other table came over to our table and said that clearly they were the more fun table as there were more of them. I simply replied, 'We are more about quality, not quantity!' With that he walked away. Our new WA friends invited us back to their cabin to try a Croatian liqueur. We stood on the walk way,and sipped the rot gut that burnt all the way down to my belly button... Well and truly time for bed.