It's actually no holiday

ok, this blog entry is just to balance out all the holiday and tourist like entries that we have put in of late.
They always say that a picture tells a thousand words so we like to show you lots of pictures we have taken here. But we don't tend to take pictures of our work but of our outings.
So you could have the impression that we are just spending our time on trips.
Actually we are working very hard onboard the ship to prepare for sailing and to support the community here.
Heather is now officialy the ships nurse and is onboard each day from 9.30 to 2.30 while the kids are in school. She has to leave at 2.30 to drive and pick them up from the villa where school is held. As well as nursing she is supporting the pantry team doing washing up, helping clean cabins and putting up safety notices in cabins across the ship.
I seem to be accumulating jobs as well as having a growing team here on board. I have a team of 4 who are looking after IT on board and developing it for a growing community. I now also have taken resoponsibility for finance including creating the port budget, the driver, vehicle bookings, office functions like the mail and setting up all the offices for those who need them and organising storage onboard.
In addition to my main job I have been asked to take responsibility for the transfer of all goods and services from Logos 2 to Logos Hope once we arrive in Kiel. I am also going to oversee the transfer of all those who don't sail from Trogir to Kiel, including the shutting down of all operations here. I also need to oversee the emptying of our onshore warehouse with all the items still there onto the ship.
So we are both keeping busy. We are really enjoying the work and the community onboard.
As part of the main leadership team onboard we are also involved in various community events and giving overall leadership to those onboard.

Exploring Croatia

It is great when you are in a new country to have a chance to see some of the places around you. We have enjoyed several great trips out the past 2 Saturdays to visit nearby towns.

1 girl onboard had her birthday and invited us to join a group going to a small town up the coast called Primosten. We enjoyed a lovely afternoon in this delightful town.

We all had ice cream a coffee by the beach, the kids went for a dip and we explored the island like peninsula before having a nice meal.

There was a beautiful sunset which we enjoyed before heading back to the ship. As we drove out of town we looked back to see a beautiful view in the afterglow of the sunset.

Last Saturday we went on a trip to Split, one of Croatia's oldest and biggest cities. We went with our fellow Edinburgh and Carrubbers friend, Pauline, and one of the mums with her 2 boys. We took a boat from just a few hundred yards away from our house for the 75 minute journey to Split.

When we got there we were fascinated by the old town which was founded in the 3rd century. It is a really exciting and beautiful city.

We had a great afternoon exploring and enjoying the sights before getting back on our little boat and heading back to Trogir in the rapidly approaching darkness.

It is such a privilege to be living here in Trogir and have the opportunity to see all these great sights. Trogir itself is also a beautiful and ancient town. We went up the tower at the castle opposite our house last week and got some great views of the town and surrounding area.

To be honest, we would probably have never come to Croatia if it wasn't for the ship being here, but this is a beautiful part of the world and I would really recommend a visit.

Heather's parents arrive next week so we will no doubt do some more exploring with them.