Day 10 Hvar city

Bo’s friends drove us to Hvar from Ivan Dolac – about 20 miles only, but a world apart. Hvar is a city bustling with tourists speaking many different languages, with restaurants galore, bars, coffee places and many hotels. It has a lovely location on hills surrounding a a large port with lots of boats and yachts. It has ferries to several places (only passenger, no cars) and catamarans also. There is a chain of very small islands called Pakleni Otoci right off the Hvar harbor. They are supposed to have pristine beaches so there are boats that take people there for 40 kn (about $6.50) round trip Our hotel (Palace hotel) is right off the main square adjacent to the water. Lots of pizza places here due to Italian influence. We had an excellent pizza for lunch. Then we walked up to the fort at the highest point, about a 20 minute hike. We spent the afternoon walking around Hvar’s main and back streets, admiring the views and people watching. Walked behind cathedral and smelled nice cooking. We found a quant restaurant that said their specialty was goulash. We went back there for dinner and the nice man said they do all the home cooking and had only 4 main courses. I ordered the goulash and Bo ordered the fish stew. After about 20 minutes and ½ liter of wine Bo got her stew. After 5 minutes passed I waved at the gent and pointed to my empty place. I saw him ladle out the goulash for me. After I was 80% done he came by. I told him that it was not right that both dinners were not served together. And my roasted vegetables were cold. They came out of the refrig and were put on top of the goulash. He exploded and told us to get out. So we left. 1/2 liter of wine and dinner free. We have never been thrown out of a restaurant before.