26th June

The boat departed early 5am to cruise the last stretch from Hvar to Šibenik this will take 6 1/2 hours so after breakfast everyone just spread out around the ship to talk, read, relax, sun bake, sleep and pack their suitcases.

About 1/2 hr from where we needed to dock and before we passed through The Gate of Split, we were able to pull up for a 20 min dip in the sea.

We the had our turn to pass the gate and dock in Šibenik. We weee the first boat against the pier.
At 3pm we met our guide for a walking tour of the city. It was the end of the 2 week children’s festival so there were banners of children hanging all over the old town. It was so hot that I didn’t take any notes so here a few photos from thought the walking tour.

After the tour Kate, Vivian, Kylie, Matt and myself walked along the waterfront and sat there with cold drinks for over an hour to cool down. Kylie and I walked back to the ship via a gelato shop in 36 degree weather. The heat is very intense and there have been red weather alerts for extreme heat for the last three days. We relaxed for an hour before we walked back into town for dinner we went where Sasha suggested. It was No 4 and we had passed it earlier in the day.


We walked past the water clock in both directions so below are the day time and night time shots of the clock

After dinner we walked through the old town doing some shopping some of the streets were blocked off but we found a way around as we walked back to the boat. We found Mel and Steve on board so had a chat with them before going to bed