We had our sport yesterday, and got a little more than we bargained for. We rented a couple of bikes, endured about 8km of hill climbing until we reached Velo Grablje, a tiny village nestled at the top of a valley. Failing to find lunch, the next challenge was to find the right path downwards to Malo Grablje, an abandoned village, but apparently also with a restaurant. No one had warned us that this was an "Extreme" mountain bike route (although thankfully it was a bike route, with nice encouraging sign posts along the way). We had the right bikes, but our extreme skills (and gloves, and helmets) were somewhat lacking, but we got safely down without any injuries. We couldn't find any food in the abandoned village, but we were also lacking the energy to conduct a thorough search, or take such fantastic photos as you will find here. Civilization, good food and swimming beckoned in Milna at the bottom. After this enjoyable pitstop, it was onwards for another, albeit shorter hillclimb back to Hvar, though this time the sun had come out in full force. A sleep, dinner, a football game and yet more trip planning for the rather complicated itinerary before us (two more islands, Dubrovnik, Mostar, Sarajevo and Zagreb in 5 days) followed. Today has been more relaxed, a stroll along the coast, a dip in the sea (for Birgit only this time) and leisurely waiting for our ferry to Korcula (there is, after all, another World Cup game to keep an eye on!)
The view from further up and out
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