Hvar island

Before breakfast ended, we arrived at Stari Grad port on the island of Hvar. Excitedly we adjusted our bikes for our first ride, a loop through the hill towns and fields of lavender and olives. Stone walls, all built by hand and some done by Greeks 2500 years ago, provide terraces for holding in the soil on the steep hillsides and protecting the crops from wind. The lavender had already been harvested this year but we could smell the lavender products sold in enterprising purple roadside stands. One clever seller at the top of the mountain even offered us lavender bike jerseys.