Spot chaser #1: The bay

As I'm sitting in the restaurant, looking down on the multitude of colours in the shallow, I think to myself: could I write a post about it? Can this be put into words, can it be described? No. Even the photos don't reveal the true colours, only visible to your eye. Not to mention the smells, the tastes; all crucial elements of an overall experience that no photo can show.

You tie your boat to one of the six buoys, who plunge out of the crystal clear water. You look at the restaurant, with its palm trees that create little shade during the long and dry summer. I want to live here when I'm old, you think to yourself. You reach the spot, you see the view you have from your table, you taste the home-made carob grappa as the waiter explains that there's no menu: fish (catch of the day), the Peka (a traditional Croatian meal that joins meat, potatoes and vegetables under the bell, cooked for three hours), maybe squid, maybe octopus, depending on the fisherman's luck.

Yes, no use in writing a blog post. Bothering with the pictures. It's just not it.

And yes, it's been discovered. It's on Google maps, Ludovica is right. It doesn't mean a lot. Actually finding it on Google maps? Good luck with that.

Yet Ludovica also knows another thing, and it's why she continues to come back here: Ivo and Tanja, the owners, do not wish to expand. They prefer satisfied guests who will return. Their phone rings all day long, dozens of boats are looking for a spot, but only the fastest ones get the chance to victoriously grab one of the six buoys. Six buoys when they started, six buoys today.

Autor: Roberto Rauch