Sunday, 26 September

Since we were not able to see the horse show in Hungary we were taken by bus to a Lippizaner stud farm in Dakovo, Croatia. The horses are really beautiful and on Sunday they do not go out of their boxes so we only saw them over the edges and through the bars of the stalls.
It was rainy and cool, but just as we boarded the bus to return to the ship, the sun came out. We got back to the ship and rain set in again.
After lunch we walked through the town.
Later we joined the rest of the Intrepids for drinks and speculation about whether and when we'd set sail from Vukovar.
At the daily briefing our hearts sank when champagne was passed around as we gathered. However, the news was good. The engineers had arrived and had succeeded in repairing one engine!! We would depart at 10pm and spend a whole day underway, attempting to make our way to Budapest.
After yet another tasty dinner, we were well entertained by a lively 6-piece local band playing traditional Croatian music on traditional instruments with lots of the unique short, sharp whistles and shouts of "HOPA,HOPA!"

Photos 26 Sep