Mon 2nd June
We duly arrived 2 hours before the published departure of 20.15 to be greeted with minimal organisation / information. We followed the lane for Ancona but a moped zipped up and told us to follow him - to the Supetar lane! Parked up and I asked an Italian what we have to do - "go to the exchange indoors to check in" How obvious........ no signs nothing and the exchange window was tiny and very low. Nice view of the girl's knees!! After crouching on my knees we were checked in.
We were amongst all the trucks and the only camping car. We sat tantitisingly close to the ferry but were nearly last on after 50 mins of waiting and watching lots of cars turn up at the very last minute and go straight on. Very chaotic with nobody apparently in control.
There was an Italian motorbike tour van & trailer next to us - he said if you want utter chaos go to Naples. Maybe next time........
last on.......
off at last
We were berthed overlooking a Belgian cruise ship whose passengers were enjoying dinner on deck - overlooked by our ferry passengers gawping at them. The live singer sounded terrible.
Belgian cruise ship - glad we left?
I hadn't booked a cabin as it was another €100 - a tank of diesel. The seating areas were empty so were able to stretch out along them. I still have indentations in my spine from the metal frames. Not a great nights sleep but okish.
no cabin for us cheapskates
We docked at 7.15am after we had enjoyed a huge buffet breakfast - only €6 each. Bargain. We we're nearly last off - the 3 italian bikers in front of us were getting really excited / animated when they couldn't get the crew to move a forklift to let them out. Much shouting and arm waving ensued. Welcome back to Italy!
only camping car amongst the trucks and bikes
How long was the ferry ride?
ReplyDeleteSeems a pity to say goodbye to Croatia, which seemed to have superb scenery and architecture. I'd not appreciated how 'cultured' it was as a country before reading your blog. Many thanks for the insight.
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