Friday 28 June 2019

Morning broke in the beautiful quiet bay. We swam before breakfast, but I got a jellyfish sting, so that rather put us off. It wasn’t as bad as a wasp or a bee sting, but we didn’t know for sure if that would be the limit of it, although our book reassured us it would be and thankfully, it didn’t develop into anything worse.

There are lots of caves here, the most famous of which is Neptune’s Grotto, which if 70 million years old. It was a half hour trek over the peninsula from the boat, so easy to get to for us. You then descend down the Mountain Goat Steps, a spectacular descent down the cliff side. It’s a popular tourist spot so we were joined by lots of others walking down and, at the bottom, by those who had arrived by tourist boat. It was busy. I’m pleased its not August, when most of Italy are on holiday.

Inside the caves were several cathedrals, full of stalagmites and stalagmites. For the latter it takes 100 years to make one cubic centimetre, longer for the former, by fresh water running down through the limestone. It was an amazing scene to view, a wonder of our world.

During the afternoon, and evening, we just relaxed and chilled in the warm sunshine. A thoroughly enjoyable day and needed after the long sail over from Menorca,

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	1115	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	1115	nautical miles
Tricia (and Steve)