Thursday 6 November 2025
Med and Adriatic trip 24 October to 7 November 2025
Well last day of the cruise and the ship docked this morning in Zadar , Croatia. I chose not to take any of the transport options to the old town and instead decided to walk into the nearby town to steer clear of the tourists traps.
Well you know what they say
about the best laid plans of mice and men. Well, it’s true.
So instead of a canny walk and a chance to have a morning coffee it turned into a trek through a spread out suburban area without much signs of life and certainly, no coffee shops.
So here I am back near the ship
Having a coffee in the place I walked past on my way to the Zombie Apocalypse. Having had the benefit of a four mile walk.
Like most of my trips abroad, it always gets to the point of the going home mode and a reflection of the trip nearing its end.
Overall , the itinerary has been good and most of the places visited well worth the journey there.
As i mentioned yesterday, I do have my reservations regarding the ship and the NCL. Ethos.
One thing I didn’t mention, and to
me, it is very important. As far as I know , most NCL ships have Starbucks franchises.
Now Starbucks contribute
financially in various ways to Israel, a country that is committing genocide against the Palastinian People through various ways including saturation bombing and forced starvation.
I don’t drink Starbucks for two reasons, one, the aforementioned genocide and also because it is not good coffee.
So, this will play a big part in any future cruise plans as being in some small way vicariously complicit in genocide is not one of my favourite pastimes. I will leave that to people like Starmer and the majority of his cabinet who are in the pay of Israeli interests and therefore acting under direct orders from them .
Ok, so I do not normally bring politics into my travel blogs and usually keep that for, The World This Week From Mennies, blog, but as this issue collides with travel, I thought I would mention it.
Ok, so back to the ship and some packing to do, long day tomorrow as I have to be out of the cabin by 7.30 and flight from Venice airport is not until 17.00 with a connection in Heathrow. So should be home by 01.00 on Saturday morning.
So another from my series of words of wisdom -ish : Never be afraid to say what you honestly believe is the right thing to say, and never be afraid of listening, to what someone else believes is the right thing to say. Invariably the actual right thing, is somewhere in between.
Have a good day folks
Bob Costello 
I despise Keir Warmer[Bruder] as much as the next man. As well as being married
to a Jewish woman, it is conceivable that Starver is being controlled by
Netanyahu using kompromat. He does have many strange links to a wealthy
Indian member of the Lords, and a known penchant for young Ukrainian male
“models” never to be confused with rent boys in any way. There truly must
be a mountain of ‘D’ notices in Fleet street protecting the guy from a media
always happy to serve up sleeze on a politician, especially an allegedly Labour
one.