Everything was planned and organized a couple of days before our trip. We were going to Cres, a beautiful island in Croatia with crystal clear waters and pine-trees.
When you take the catamaran from Rijeka in less than two hours you are at the main town of Cres. But why did we need more than five hours to get to the apartment?
The trip was very nice and we even saw dolphins jumping in the ocean! After an hour and a half the ship started getting close to the port. For some reason we thought that this would be the best moment to take a selfie with all these picturesque houses in the background...
We went outside, on the deck, we posed, smiled and click! The picture was ready thanks to the instax camera, that we always take to our trips. We went back inside to take our bags but suddenly everything was moving. The ship was moving! We saw people walking with their bags and suddenly they were getting smaller... and smaller...
Next stop? Martinšćica. Somewhere around 30' from the first stop.
Quick thinking, no time to panic now!
Check the bus schedule ✔️ No buses
Check the ship schedule ✔️ Every two days
Check the distance ✔️ Only five hours walking. In the middle of the national park and the pine-trees forest.
The only solution was to stay in Martinšćica and return to Rijeka in two days. Or so we thought...
The moment we realized the ship was moving seconds only after we reached the port we took our bags and walked to the exit. On our way thankfully a man working on the ship, responsible for the passengers, saw the puzzled look in our eyes. He saw us going towards him and asked us were we wanted to stop.
-Where are you three going? Where is your stop?
-Uhhh... Cres?
-Oh no... But now we're leaving for Martinšćica! Wait for me here!
- Okay...
We started kind of laughing with our stupidity. How could have missed the stop? Well they didn't announce it, nor did they stayed for more than a minute to the port... and probably cause we also wanted to take a selfie on deck...
Few minutes later the man came back and told us to go upstairs, to the ship's bridge (navigation room). There were about 5 men inside, one of them the captain of the ship. He asked us where we were going to stay and called the apartment owner to inform them about the situation. After a couple of phone calls he gave us directions.
-We have a man at the port who will be waiting for you. There is no bus that goes to Cres from Martinšćica, but there is one from Losinj.
(well we already know that thus we had decided to spend two nights in Martinšćica)
- Aha, and how can we go there?
-The man waiting for you will drive you to the main street, at around 17:30 the bus coming from Losinj will pass that street where there is a bus stop.
-Thank you so much! We will do this, again thank you.
But before we go we need a selfie on the captain's deck!
And after a few minutes of slightly panicking we had our solution, thanks to the men working on the ship. On one hand we felt like a weight to them but on the other the relief we felt wouldn't let us feel down.
About half an hour later we reached Martinšćica. The man was working at the port and then he brought his car to drive us to the nearest bus stop. About fifteen minutes later he left us at the bus stop.
-The next bus should come around 17:30 but don't panic if you don't see it on the exact time because it might be late around 20 minutes.
-Okay! Thank you so much, for everything!
Meanwhile it was raining, like a lot... So we stood inside the house-like bus stop and also laughing at ourselves again! Waiting for around 45 minutes and then we saw the bus coming!
Finally, we will go to our hotel, get warm and cook some pasta! Now it is the best time to use our peel-off masks! Why not? It is raining so we are not going anywhere. We have TV and food. Let's have a spa night!
With the peel-off on our faces looking like we were playing in the mud eating our chips. Then there is a knock on the door!! Which one looks the best? Or the least bad?
A boy brought us the WIFI password and the poor guy tried so hard not to laugh! Three girls with a black thing on their faces looking at him like owls in the dark. We must have traumatised this guy...
After a long day we enjoyed a good sleep and the next day we were ready to go back to Rijeka.
We didn't get to see much but it was a day that we will remember!
We saw dolphins, we stayed in a beautiful apartment, we visited two places in one day and it was for sure a different day than the rest of our week in Croatia :)
*Stay tuned because more stories are coming*
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