| This one a quick one before we head away to Cavtat, I am not sure what the internet state will be there. That will be our last Croatian port, it is only about 12 miles down the track, and then another 24 miles into Montenegro. It will be an interesting country to visit, it has only been declared a country in the last 2 years I believe. The Montenegro people along with the Yugoslav Army and Serbs were the attacking forces against Dubrovnik city, attacking by air, sea and land, so there is not much love lost between the two I suspect. So we are getting near our last Croatian moment, I haven’t even started on the Greek language yet, it terrifies me as it doesn’t even look the same.
We arrived into the marina here, which is 2 miles up the river and usually the ‘sailor boys’ come running all whistles blazing to direct us to a berth but this time nada, so we took it upon ourselves to find a suitable one, it just so happens our sights were a bit too high, we were moved to a more appropriate berth, it later became clear that we tried to snuggle into the super yacht area. We certainly would have looked and felt a bit foolish had they left us there. But the worst of it is that our final destination turned out to be right beside an Austrian couple who we had encountered at Prozura, usually friendly folk out at the little places, this time when I smiled at them we just got a most hostile glare, which of course I took most personally. I see their attitude hasn’t changed, as I have quite accidentally made eye contact with ‘her’ and of course the natural reflexes tend towards a smile, but the heart stopping glare returned calls for instant retreat. Actually we have been a bit disappointed with the marina as a whole with the friendliness, I truly don’t know why they set sail if it makes them so miserable. It is doubtless the super yacht capital in my opinion, and those folk are duty bound not to crease their face with a smile. Then there are the ACI staff, of course you have already read there was nobody to render assistance on our arrival, but later we counted about 7 or 8 of them dotted around either in cafes, restaurants, ambling or on super yachts taking high tea. The ACI marinas are government run, so the staff is not super personal in many cases. Of course having a big swimming pool and restaurant 100 metres from our back step helps no end. We did a bit of sight seeing yesterday, a good day to choose as we returned to find the pool had been emptied to be cleaned, and we walked around the old wall of the city. It was a marvellous walk with great views and a feeling of the attacks they endured in 1991. When we look down into the city there are not many old rooves, such a lot of it was blown up or damaged. After a nice lunch on the port front, we were pretty keen to escape the crowds and return to the marina.
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