Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 21:29:45 +0000 From: Reine Simonsson Subject: Croatian Holiday Disclaimer. This story is a mix of events in my life. I have changed names and places. Everything about island Hvar is true. The rest can be considered as "artistic freedom". Here is my story: I had just celebrated my 21st birthday. All my life had been studies, and I was so bored of it. A friend of mine suggested me to apply for a job at LAX, Los Angeles International airport. I sent in an application, and believe me or not - I got a job as a baggage handler. After one year I got my first staff tickets. I had been working with that giant Airbus a380, and wanted to fly with it. So I took a ticket to Frankfurt in Germany. After one night there testing their beer and sausages, I continued to Split in Croatia. Well in Split I continued my voyage with ferry to island Hvar. Onboard I was advised to rent a room from one of the locals at the dock and go to the islands Jerolim and Stipanska. The best beaches in all Croatia. And they were all FKK. Nudist, I learned later. Arrived in Hvar. As thry said, there were a lot of locals offering rooms. I asked an old woman, she looked very friendly, for a single room. Together with a young german couple we went to her house in an alley in town. She open the sky light window and pointed out to the sea. "Jerolim" and "Stipanska", she said. Packed up my little bag and took a tour of town. Found a place with a sign "Jerolim, Stipanska FKK". Back to town for something to eat. Found a pizzeria, but it was full. A family near the exit moved aside and gave me a seat. It was a German family. A boy of 10 and a girl of 12. Plus the parents. The kids were speaking good English, but the parents sounded like Germans in an american movie..... They came to Hvar every summer. The kids had almost grown up there. The best nudist area in the World. "I hate clothes", said Hansi, the boy. He looked at me as if I was from Mars, when I told him I never been to a nude beach. After a good dinner we went for a tour of the town. Stopped at the place of the boats. They were preparing for fishing in the night. We met Hansi's friend Ivo. He was also 10. They had been growing up together every summer. Ivo lived outside Zagreb, but his mother was from Hvar. He was always helping his grandfather driving tourists to the islands. We went back to town again. They always stayed with "Baba Ana", the same place as me..... They lived in the apartment under me. I was invited for some wine before bed time. Hansi ran out for fresh bread, cheese and a bottle of wine. A couple of minutes he was back again. Ordinary drinking glasses. Bread cut in small pueces. Cut the cheese like you want. The wine was very tasty and very dark. Croatians call it "crno vino" -black wine. Hansi went to take a shower and came back all naked. He always went naked when he could. Also at home in Germany. I thanked for the evening and went to my room. I think I got in bed before I fell asleep. Next morning knocking on my door. There was the sister, Birgitte, completely naked. I was invited to breakfast. Hansi was again out buying bread, cheese and wine. Away to the boats. We were looking for Ivo. They always went with him and his grandfather. We got seats in their fishing boat. Ivo had been there all morning since grandfather came back from fishing.He was drying and cleaning the nets. Ivo took care of the ropes and granfather drove the boat out of the harbor. When they passed the sign of the harbor, Ivo took off his pants and went naked to grandfathee to drive the boat. Out at Jerolim, grandfather took over again. The dock was full of children fishing crabs. Ivo's cousin took the rope and tied the boat. He was also completely naked. Very brown all over his body. Not a white spot. He was watching all the other children, all relatives there for holiday. Ivo went back to town to pick up more tourists, and we went to the family's favourite spot. It was at the sound between the two islands. The family stripped off all of their clothes. Now it was my turn. I had never been naked in front of other people before. But with this family everything was so easy. We went into the sea. First nude swimming for me. It was fantastic. Why hadn't I done this before? After an hour came Ivo. His clothes were still in the boat. I was the only one with a white butt, so I had to take a lot of sun lotion.