Beating the Wind...

The winds grew quite strong on Tuesday. Our captain knew how important it was for us to arrive in Hvar in time for our big party, so we started our journey early and he went full throttle north. He then pulled into this cove for our swim break.

Johanna was thrilled that two of their daughters could join us and that Frank could come along as he was still unsure just two weeks before we sailed. Olivia had just graduated from the BSN and was still debating whether to go to university in the US or the UK; she opted to go to Exeter in the UK to study biology. Grace had been living in Holland since January while waiting to get into nursing school; shortly after our trip she was accepted into a program in Galveston, Texas.