Pirates of the Adriatic

[Hester]

In another thread, I was wondering whether there had ever been pirates on the seas near Venice, Italy.

... and googling around, I found that Venetian shipping had been plagued by Dalmatian pirates in the 9th and 10th centuries. (Dalmatia is along the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, today part of Croatia.)

In my mispent youth, I knew a guy who was of Slovenian decent. (Slovenia being just to the north of Dalmatia, along the same coastline). He spent a summer backpacking along the Adriatic coast of what was then Yugoslavia, and said it was the most beautiful place in the world (of course, that predated the Croatian civil war by a decade). Anyhow, I could definitely see this guy in the role of a medieval pirate sailing the Adriatic!

And what a beautiful coast it is...

Yup, gotta put this on my list of places to go one day.

Cheers, Hester

[Hester]

Oh, great Goddess ... it gets even better!

There's a company that does Pirate Cruises along the Dalmatian coast, in this amazing ship:

And these pirates are so blood-thirsty, they even eat children! The brochure claims:

"You'll have your dinner under the open sky -- kids on a spit!"

[Yeah, okay, so it's probably just tender young goat meat...]

Cheers, Hester

[Capt.Trade.Wind]

Aye it tis a lovely coast... and Kids on a spit... Hmmm.

Can't say that I have ever had them, but I am willing to try.

[Kyllyr]

That looks sooo cool-I'll have to put that one on my wish list for sure

[Red Cat Jenny]

Ahh to spend me days sailin and findin meself in faraway places such as these *sigggghhh*

Tis lovely thankee fer th pics

[blackjohn]

Hey, the Illyrian pirates gave the Romans some grief... that area has seen alot of pirate action.