Bumping in to Capo IT at the Riviera..

So its mothers day and having skived the kinder garden to celebrate sunshine, my son and I walked across the rivera, loaded with mother's day flowers.. And bumped in to Capo of all capos. Engineer I.T. ..
He looked as guilty as if he where caught red handed stealing fruits in the neighbours garden- for not reporting in to me.
How is it I have managed to produce such authority with this project?
I told him I was not the port state control- which was just across the bar he chose on the Riviera- and which Capo had come into town to repport to, as a sailor must.

We had a coffee. Had to- seeing our paths crossed. haha

It was I.T's first coffee at the rivera since his return to Croatia two days ago. The coffee at the Riviera in Split is very significant- I must elaborate on this- for all men and women not form Split.

To have the coffee at the rivera- is to sit down, to say officialy Im home,
to look across your coffee table trough the passers by , trough the plam trees, into the sea and the sun. It is a feeling incomparable to any thing else. It is to say, I'm, home, all is well, I am safe, the world is in its place, the stars are in their proper orbits, I am happy. This is accentuated by the taste of the coffee, the scent of the sea air, the blinding sun .

Of course that is the feeling one has at the first coffee at the rivera when one arrives from aborad after a long time away.

You have read how the coffee at the rivera changes -following the development of MK's unexpected over -stay,- inside the coffee drinker - the happiness decays a bit over time, and due to over repetition .


Any way just to intorduce you a bit to Capo IT when he is on land- whom I know for years- as we come from the same tiny sea town just outside of Split..

Capo it was looking, very thin (  Personal observation-When mariners disembark their ships-  they all seem a bit drained.. They all hate food on ships and work under a lot of stress)
Capo was drinking coffee only. That is to say there was no traditional short alcoholic beverage accompanying the coffee. Which will change with time- just keep on reading...
He was all tidy, bright as a spark- wearing a watch- and it was still not noon.. Im accustomed to IT waking up at noon,  having his first coffee in town about that hour- and the inability to plan any certain thing with him at any hour.. hours do not exsist for him when he is home. Im also accustomed at seeing him untidy and wearing evidence of the good life and night before in his face.



Well I expect things will change once he gets used to being home. There will be no early waking up, and soon coffees will be accompanied by plenty of Rakia's. There will be no watch in his vicinity.. And he will gain a few kilos- making up on all his favourite foods- which are not available on ships. He will be inconsistent in keeping us updated- but he will be getting up to tons of fun we are not to keep track of ,and he will be happy .

Wellcome home Capo!