CONTENTS

Contents
Foreword vii
Introduction ix
1 Dreams Come True 1
2 The First Summer Adventure 11
3 The Story Goes On 29
4 From Umag to Corfu 35
5 Home, as Soon as Possible! 59
6 Sleepless Nights 73
7 The Boat under the Spruce Trees 81
8 The Wild Dance of the Wind and the Sea 85
9 Riding the Waves 89
10 An Insane Friday 93
11 Komiˇza on the Island of Vis 97
12 Hell on Loˇsinj 101
13 Thirty Days of Dead Calm 105
14 Kalimera Elada 111
Conclusion 133
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