Thursday 11 May 2017

IMG 0851 Up early to catch the bus to Korcula IMG 0852 we were not alone. In Korcula, we took another bus across the ferry and down the Pelijesac peninsula. DSCN9556 in Prizdrina at the start of the hike : many R4s in Croatia DSCN9557 on the way to Kuna
DSCN9558 DSCN9559 irises and mints IMG 0853 IMG 0854 Potomje, where we had our first wine tasting
IMG 0855 flowers DSCN9560 vine art IMG 0856 IMG 0857
IMG 0858 IMG 0859 like frozen dancers IMG 0860 sprouts IMG 0861
IMG 0862 IMG 0863 such forms IMG 0864 the Rota ridge with its radar site IMG 0865 poppies amidst the vines
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DSCN9561 catching her breath after a short but stiff climb to another Franciscan monastery DSCN9562 nice grounds DSCN9563 St- Francis DSCN9564 not trash receptacles!
DSCN9565 a herds of equids DSCN9566 popular in the region DSCN9567 DSCN9568 church at Kuna
DSCN9569 don't bother to get up! DSCN9570 delivery truck in Kuna DSCN9571 some one likes these Fiats! DSCN9572 looking back to Sv. Ilija
DSCN9573 a long side hill road IMG 0871 IMG 0872 DSCN9575 signs of a burn
DSCN9576 extensive vineyard DSCN9577 burned hillside IMG 0873 IMG 0874 leaf art
DSCN9578 salvage logging DSCN9579 flame heights DSCN9580 regen DSCN9581 loggers' lunch spot
DSCN9582 DSCN9583 down the pass DSCN9584 eventually more vineyards DSCN9585 not all of them currently maintained
DSCN9586 IMG 0875 IMG 0876 but lovely with poppies IMG 0877
DSCN9589 approaching the end of the hike at the village of Janjina DSCN9590 Janjina DSCN9591 where we waited DSCN9592 and shopped
DSCN9593 our host's (Mme. Indrina) car/farm tractor DSCN9594 DSCN9595 what's to buy DSCN9596 plantons!
IMG 0878 the kitchen of Mme. Indrina's apartment IMG 0884 DSCN9598 DSCN9597 looking down to the bay
IMG 0879 here IMG 0880 then gone IMG 0885 bedroom IMG 0883 on the balcony
IMG 0881 windy landscape IMG 0882 but very Mediterranean