{"id":1157,"date":"2013-08-25T08:14:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T07:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2013-08-25T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T12:46:32","slug":"chill-out-vis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1157","title":{"rendered":"Chill out Vis"},"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>On Thursday evening, we visited the crew of Nick of Time, Gloria, Alan and Bill on board their very plush Moody 45.\u00a0We hear about life in Adelaide and the competitive evening card games, where sheep stations are on the line. Before dark, we jump back into the zodiac and set a date for dinner Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, we take the zodiac out for a spin and do a complete tour of the Bay of Vis for a fish eye view of the beaches and houses along the water front. Some houses are stone walls standing roofless and you realise they would be snapped up in a heartbeat if it were on Sydney Harbour. The stone from this part of the world is a matt white, beautiful and enduring. You can see how white the rock is at each islands waterline.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1162\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090707-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1162\" alt=\"View of the Bay of Vis\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090707-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090707-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090707-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090707-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the Bay of Vis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later in the afternoon, we decide to walk up the hill to Fort George, it&#8217;s a 2.5 kilometre walk up the hill to see this Bristish Fortress built in 1813. \u00a0A quick aside, we see that Vis has a cricket team, left over from circa 1813 when the British introduced cricket and the locals took it up for spirited matches on the oval.<\/p>\n<p>We aren&#8217;t sure that we will find anything at Fort George, just bastion walls that we can see from the water. The views would be worth the trip. We pass the turn offs for several nude beaches on the way up. The signage was very interesting.<\/p>\n<p>We almost didn&#8217;t go into the Fort itself, it was so quiet and menacing. Merro being the intrepid traveller walks into the fort; so I follow past fallen wood and giant holes encased in safety nets. We turn a corner and there is a red carpet in the ruins. We follow the red carpet, seeing huge wooden doors up ahead we go further into this labyrinth to Vis&#8217;s latest Chill Out Bar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1163\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090708-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1163\" alt=\"Fort George Chill Out Bar - note rope tied to trees for safety rail. OHS?\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090708-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090708-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090708-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090708-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fort George Chill Out Bar &#8211; note rope tied to trees for safety rail. OHS?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We truly had no idea that this was here. They have music here and the young Taiwainese waitress, 19, told us that Fort George opened in June and they hoped to put in a full kitchen. It may have begun as a pop up bar for Yacht Week crews but was morphing into a inventive Chill out bar. 19 also mentioned that they have music and the views at Sunset were definitely worth a visit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1164\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090717-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1164\" alt=\"Jazz in the evenings\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090717-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090717-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090717-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090717-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jazz in the evenings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Friday evening brings Gloria, Alan and Bill back for a quick drink on Mercier and we decide to try a Trip Advisor tip, Konoba Lola&#8217;s. \u00a0Twilight is fast turning into night.\u00a0You walk up three stone streets via narrow laneways and stairs. You walk into a stone walled courtyard and the tables are separated in garden rooms. Here the &#8216;walls&#8217; are 3 foot tall hedges of rosemary and lavender, bathed in candlelight. \u00a0All the furniture seem to be charming little pieces from estate sales. The wine cooler was an old enamel pitcher. Food was imaginative, local produce and fish or beef. A gorgeous fountain in the middle hedge with a red Alice sofa &#8211; just magical.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1161\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0834-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1161\" alt=\"Courtyard garden of Lola's. Tables seperated by hedges and fountains.\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0834-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0834-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0834-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0834-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtyard garden that is Lola&#8217;s. \u00a0Tables separated by hedges and fountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Croatia has been a marvelous place, not the least for meeting sailors from home. \u00a0We are really enjoying these pleasant interludes during our travel. \u00a0We are in Brac now and looking forward to Lesley Sommerville&#8217;s visit. \u00a0Friendships, new and old, are a highlight of travelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday evening, we visited the crew of Nick of Time, Gloria, Alan and Bill on board their very plush Moody 45.\u00a0We hear about life in Adelaide and the competitive evening card games, where sheep stations are on the line. 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