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Thursday 22nd May 1014

Another fine day and once again it’s a breakfast of pastries from our friendly neighbourhood bakery. It’s then time for M and G to go off to have their root canals fixed while J and I are sent off to collect our ferry tickets from the port terminal. We meet up again at midday with both missions accomplished and after depositing our suitcases at a left luggage counter in the bus terminal we head off to the well- known Sperun restaurant where we have a great lunch to send us on our way to Italy.

We while away a few hours sitting on the Riva waterfront before the time arrives for us to pick up the luggage and get on board the Marco Polo ferry to Ancona. Collecting the luggage was not quite as simple as expected as the girl behind the counter asked us for an extra 10 kunas for each suitcase as we had only paid 15 kunas for 6 hours and we had exceeded the time. When we pointed out that we had in fact come back in 5 hours and 40 minutes she tried a different tack by saying that her colleague who had receipted our luggage had got the price wrong. As we were all convinced that she was in fact the same girl and it seemed very unlikely that she could have an identical twin as confused and stupid as she was we stood our ground and she let us go in what she probably felt was a kind gesture!

The cabins on board are quite comfortable and we have paid for an upgrade which includes a shower and each one is a 3 berth cabin. This means that we are able to allay Maureen’s fear of John falling through the top bunk and flattening her.

As we are due to arrive in Ancona at 7.00 the next morning we opt for an early dinner in the dining room and get off to bed by 9.00

Our last day in Split has only served to remind us what a superb city it is and it stands in sharp contrast to the decidedly underwhelming capital Zagreb.

Cheers

The Obese Ferret.