Wake me up before you Go Go to see famous Marco Polo!

No Sleeping In. No Way. Now that the Pirate Puzzle was solved, our two young travellers were dead keen to get to Korcula to visit the birth place of Great Grandad Robert and their fellow adventurer, Marco Polo. We cruised into the harbour of Racisce where Donna's Grandad was born.

As we arrived there was room to dock on the Pier. Donna declared - 'If any visiting boat is qualified to tie up on that dock - it's the HomeComing Queen - Mamma Mia!" And so it was -

Hey, that's Great Grandad's house, up by the church!

Let's take a walk and pick some wildflowers for Mum!

Yes Yes, Marco Polo house - just follow that road past the harbour, up around the headland, down past the next bay, over the next hill, down again, round the corner .... well, you'll get there eventually........  Korcula Town, where Marco Polo was born!

We made it!

Marco Emilio Polo. Did you know that at the time he was alive there was no word for 'million'. Everyone used the term, 'thousand, thousand'. Marco had so many tales to tell of huge riches in China and the East a new number was needed. So his middle name came to be used  for 'thousand thousand' - Emilio - which then became 'Million'.  How's that for a legacy! We checked out his house:

"Check out those olives, Oil" said Popeye....

Mum and Dad were busy drinking again....

What were we to do but have another Gelato!

Stay tuned for the final instalment - Laine's 9th birthday, 15 Oct 2010.

Love from the motley crew of Mamma Mia.