Hvar

It is hard to believe that after all the time we have spent in Croatia that we had not yet been to Hvar! We had been around it many times, but had never stopped.

Hvar is the famous "postcard" town on the island of "Hvar". We have had good luck with anchoring, we normally only have to anchor once, on the odd occasion twice. This was no exception, but this time we were asked to move so that we didn't obstruct traffic. No problem, we dropped the anchor in a new spot, it took a bit to catch but we were set.

Other boats didn't have quite as much luck, and spent literally hours trying to anchor. At one point someone thought they were ok, then when the wind changed they hit another boat who didn't have quite as much chain out as them.

It was all very entertaining.

Hvar is a bustling town with thousands of people walking around, and hundred's of bar and restaurants. Sitting in a commanding position on a hill overlooking the town is a castle. At night it is lit up, and the scene is breathtaking.

The number of boats coming in and out of the harbor made it difficult to sleep (not to mention the music). The last straw was a ferry powering out of the bay in the morning whose wake keeled us right over... it was time to get up!