... next week. We had a great time in Croatia. We stayed in the town of Hvar on the island of Hvar. It's an enjoyable town, hotter than heck, but enjoyable still. ... a note-to-self for future reference. I think I wrote about Milna and Brac. The town of Hvar is very different from both in that it seems to be a very see and be seen atmosphere. Lots of yacht-ownin' pretty people (yes, if you ...

Jadrolinija just published the coastal ferry schedule for the first half of 2010. Most notable is the introduction of the ferry “Dubrovnik” for the weekend route between Split, Dubrovnik and Bari, Italy. Introduced in April to replace the damaged Marko Polo, the Dubrovnik is  faster and will shave 40minutes from the Hvar-Korcula leg. The downside

... stranded on the Sit island, it was finaly refloated this morning Have a look at the video of the action to refloat the ferry: Ferry owner Jadrolinija head Slavko Loncar said today the ship would not be scrapped and he expects this ferry to be back to serve Rijeka-Split-Hvar-Korcula-Mljet-Dubrovnik-Bari route by the begining of next summer season. More photos of refloated ferry here and here .

... 206 milljarða íslenskra króna, eru í dag 0,9 prósent en með 0,25 % ábyrgðargjaldi eru vaxtabyrðin 1,15%. Það telst mjög lágt en vextirnir taka óbeint mið af vaxtastigi erlendra seðlabanka, sem víðast hvar er nú á bilinu 0-1,5% og hefur sjaldan eða aldrei verið lægra.