{"id":1071,"date":"2013-08-16T07:33:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T06:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2013-08-16T07:33:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T06:33:49","slug":"polace-mljet-korcula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1071","title":{"rendered":"Polace (Mljet) &#8211; Korcula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)   })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');   ga('create', 'UA-42922575-1', 'merrington.net');   ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><b>Polace (Mljet) is a lovely harbour on a very very long island. Mljet is about 388 sq miles, comprised mostly of pine forests and a large national park.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In Polace, we went to Joseph&#8217;s Restaurant and tied stern to, we buy dinner and the mooring is free. \u00a0In this case, the restaurant reminds me of a Mexican Cantina, the decor is rough and ready but the service is friendly and food is fresh and simply cooked. We can easily walk all of Polace which is in a national park and has its own Roman ruins of an ancient Palazzo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1077\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0668-640x282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1077\" alt=\"Polace, Mljet\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0668-640x282.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0668-640x282.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0668-640x282-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0668-640x282-500x220.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polace, Mljet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We were moored next to a large gullet and it was amazing to see this ship &#8216;park&#8217; next to us, with apparent ease.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1076\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0690-640x253.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1076\" alt=\"Badjia, a small island off Korcula\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0690-640x253.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0690-640x253.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0690-640x253-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0690-640x253-500x197.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badjia, a small island off Korcula. \u00a0The gullet is the timber boat on the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We left the next morning and only motored for about 40 minutes, when we pulled into a protected bay almost enclosed by islands. \u00a0It was too deep to anchor but we could have a swim because Mercier just drifted quietly. Refreshed, we proceed on to Korcula.<\/p>\n<p>Otok Korcula is the island of\u00a0Korcula and there is also an ancient fortress town of\u00a0Korcula, smaller than Dubrovnik but still formidable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090433-480x640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1074\" alt=\"City Steps into Korcula\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090433-480x640.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090433-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090433-480x640-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Steps into Korcula, note the Venetian crest in the wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can look over the walls and see yachts, fishing boats, para-sailing, wind surfers, swimmers and divers. Lovely restaurants have a line of tables against the bastion wall, so you can look out to the island of Badjia and other towns on the coast.<\/p>\n<p>It is now high season, Korcula is bustling, a veritable hive of activity. We walk the Bastion walk and it&#8217;s impossible to walk together, there are so many other tourists. We hear languages from dozens of countries, including quite a few Americans and Australians.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1075\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0741-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1075\" alt=\"Many young tourists, almost in uniform.\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0741-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0741-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0741-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0741-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many young tourists, almost in uniform.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polace (Mljet) is a lovely harbour on a very very long island. Mljet is about 388 sq miles, comprised mostly of pine forests and a large national park. In Polace, we went to Joseph&#8217;s Restaurant and tied stern to, we buy dinner and the mooring is free. \u00a0In this case, the restaurant reminds me of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1071\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Polace (Mljet) &#8211; Korcula<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-2","category-history","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VxXq-hh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}