Mljet

We arrive at Polace on the island Mljet at about 2pm.  We pull up stern to into Joseph’s place, a restaurant with it’s own jetty on the water.  After leaving Kremik we receive the warmest  welcome of our trip so far.  Joseph is an interesting character, the first Croatian to actually help us moor our boat;  as a merchant seaman he has been and seen a lot and tells us a few tales.  His wife Anna and the whole family help out in the restaurant of an evening.

The local fisherman drops by with our dinner, yes a 17Kg kingfish; we are really looking forward to eating tonight.  We have a few drinks and walk around town.  Dinner is delicious everything is home grown and made except for the tomatoes.  The goats cheese is exceptional and so is Joseph’s special homemade liqueur made of rose petals.  A big thanks to Joseph and his family for making our stay very special.



dinner tonight



chillin at Joseph's

Polace,
 Mljet

Next day we buy tickets to the National park to visit the lakes.  Our ticket includes a return bus trip to Pristaniste and a boat ride across the Lakes to the historic St Maria Monastery,  the history of Croatia is incredible.  Mljet was inhabited in Neolithic times, it’s hard to imagine really.  Once back in Polace we spend a few hours at the internet café and then head off for Prozurska our next stop on Mljet.  Joseph and his family wave us goodbye.



oops I forgot Greg!



Polace to Prozurska Otok Mljet

After our goodbyes we head East along the north coast of Mljet for Prozurska, a small inlet and village only two hours away.  We pick up a mooring that belongs to a local restaurant called Marijina Konoba  so we will be eating there tonight.  We jump off the back of the yacht  for a quick swim and then have a cat nap.  The guy from the Konoba drops by to take our orders for dinner, Greg chooses scorpion fish, sounds interesting.

We head over to shore and have a stroll around, there are a few apartments and only 2 restaurants.  For dinner we try oysters for the first time, they are fresh and delicious.  Next comes the scorpion fish, tastes a little like lobster, quite fleshy and also very tasty, we wash this down with a bottle of Posip Cara, a white wine from the region.

Greg rows us back to our yacht for the night.

Greg at Prozurska

Our restaurant

oysters for dinner