Lopud

 

Today we caught up with Anna and Mark after a stressful moment of thinking that they would not be coming after all since they were late. Mum was pacing up and down with their tickets. The three of them sprinted down the wharf and joined us just in time. We arrived in Lopud all hot and bothered so we decided to get ice cream before tackling the 1450m (uphill) to the beach. It was well worth it though.

The beach was so nice and there weren’t many other people on it. The sand burnt your feet and the water refreshed them.

After chilling at the beach and getting some colour we went to have lunch at one of the restaurants overlooking the sea. Lunch was really good! Dad and Mark had the mixed grill which has become the standard lunch for dad. After the beach, we walked back to the town (Anna and I tried to get the golf cart back!) and we went for another swim and then had drinks by the water before we had to go back to Dubrovnik. It was a really good day despite getting burnt.

In the evening we ventured down from our crib in the hills to go and watch Croatia play Italy. We were mobbed by a sea of red and white as we tried to make our way through the growing crowd. We finally got to a pub where it seemed that half of Dubrovnik was also. There were masses of people all with red and white checks on. I didn’t feel too out of place in my red dress but mum was wearing green! The atmosphere down there was awesome. Whenever Croatia was even close to scoring a goal the crowd would erupt with noise. You can imagine how excited they were when they did actually score. They set off red flares and paraded around with flags yelling like crazy. When the game was over the streets returned to their usual sleepiness and we went out for tea at an Italian restaurant; for the second time.