2018.10.10 \u2013 Hvar \u2013 Mljet (Croatia) \u2013 We left our apartment shortly after 8 am and walked to the harbor. A line-up had already formed for the 8:50am catamaran. Some American visitors were eagerly inquiring about everyone\u2019s home country \u2013 although they seemed more interested in discovering other visitors from the USA. The catamaran was a larger model than our previous one. It serviced a number of island stops between Split and Dubrovnik. We arrived at the harbor of the very small town of Pomena on the island of Mljet around 11am. What a contrast with Hvar with its well developed tourist infrastructures. Pomena offered only one small convenience store, a few restaurants and equal number of apartment rentals \u2013 nonetheless a number of large yachts appeared to be attracted to the harbor. It was fairly easy to locate our apartment. Our host was just finished cleaning it when we arrived. Once again we were allowed to check-in well before the usual 2:00pm check-in time. We visited the convenience store to buy some food supplies for our evening meal and our next morning breakfast. We had to be a bit creative for our meal menu. As we had visited most of the town when we walked from the harbor to our apartment, we did not feel any great urge to head out to explore the town. Jenny kept on asking \u201cWhat are we doing here?\u201d – and I answered \u201cMan\u00e3na, you will see!\u201d. A group of young girls with backpacks knocked at our door in the late afternoon. They had arrived on the island with the afternoon ferry. As our apartment was on the ground level, they had thought we were the hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n
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