Category - Small ship cruising

11
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 7

Arrived in Sibenik at 0800 and we were off for a walk through the old city. Sibenik is the oldest native Croatian town on the Eastern Adriatic and was first mentioned 1066 AD. Influenced by the Venetians, the Habsburgs, threatened by the Ottomans, occupied by Italy during World War 2, it sustained a heavy attack by […]

10
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 6

Dubrovnik was known as a conduit between the Venetian empire and the Ottomans. They remained neutral through much of the middle ages and prospered as an independent state.  It was heavily bombarded by Yugoslav troops in the fall of 1991 through to the spring of 1992. Damages were repaired by funds from UNESCO and the […]

9
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 5

Got up early in the morning to view the sail into Boka Katorska (Bay of Kotor). Arrived at the port of Kotor, Montenegro. Kotor is at least two thousand years old, first mentioned 168BC when it was known as Acruvium. It was also a part of the Venetian Republic for nearly four hundred years. Kotor is a […]

9
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 3

Today is our only full day at sea. Lounged around the ship and enjoyed the unfurling of the sails. The Sea Cloud II looks truly majestic when she sails under wind power. The ship is somewhat different from other sailing ships as her sails must be manually unfurled as opposed to electronically as most of […]

8
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 4

We arrived at the island of Korcula, Croatia, early this morning. Korcula has been inhabited since 400BC and has Roman influences. In more recent times it was part of the Venetian empire. It is a beautiful walled city with many back alleys. We stopped at a restaurant to enjoy some local delicacies. There is also […]

7
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 2

We got up this morning to another hot August day in Venice. It seems like a lot of the residents have gone out of town for the holidays. A couple of cruise ships are in town so there are quite of few tourists here.   After breakfast, we took a leisurely walk through the Dorsoduro […]