Hotel President Split

... and making sure we had everything we needed.<br><br>Just went and had a short walk around and baked trout dinner at Serum which was a cool little place like being in someones living room. <br>Went to a couple of bars afterwards and found out why it was so quiet in Split - Sunday is the "day of the dead" (the way the barman in the first bar explained it to me) which is the day of the year that everyone visits the graves of their ...

... down a little. We put on our raincoats and walked into town, risking getting drenched. It ended up not being too bad but started pouring again soon after.<br><br>So after three days on the beautiful island of Hvar, we did not go to the beach once. We did not see any sun until it peeked out for a few minutes an hour before we left. The only good thing was that those were the three days Andre had a cold/flu so even though it was a bummer he was ...

... After the palace, we went to a European clothing store called Zara (they are everywhere in Europe- sort of a slightly upscale H&amp;M). We bought winter coats for Mostar, which was supposed to be really cold. We would be coming back to Split a couple days later because it was our connection point to the Croatian islands we wanted to visit so we knew if we kept the tags on we could just return the coats (mwahaha). After that, we hopped a 4 ½ hour bus to Mostar, Bosnia.

After we left the park, the drive down to where we are now was spectacular, although a bit different than I pictured Croatia to be-it is a lot rockier and a bit more like what we thought Greece would be like. Our second campsite was just before the town of Zadar in a town called Nin; we pulled in and this funny little man came up to us-there was no way we could say no to his smiling face even if the campsite was horrible! Luckily ...

So we arrived in Split to kickoff our Sail Croatia experience. Getting off the bus whilst still dark is not the most pleasant experience. Was slightly chilly but not cold and there really isnt much to see. There was a crazy lady who kept on offering us a room ... was tempting but we persisted through. We got to see our first and probably only sunrise of our trip and then the warmth kicked in. Doubled with a coffee we were warmed and trying to keep the reminants of sleep at bay.<br><br>We ...

... beach in the sunshine. We rounded the corner to the beach only to find a naked man winding up a fishing net. Cesca walked round the corner only to reel back in surprise! We had to choose our spot on the beach carefully as there was a huge dead rat on one part. A local kid disgusted Cesca by dropping a big rock on its head a couple of times to make sure it wasn't just sleeping! We spent a few hours in the Croatian sun relaxing and playing Uno ...

... has got to be cold! I would never forgive myself, if I left without getting into the water, so I got up one more time and dove right in. YIKES, it IS cold!!! Oh well, it was still fun. I do miss living by the sea and swimming everyday especially in such clear and gorgeous waters. I did not stay too long in the sun since it was my first time and the last thing I need for the rest of this trip is a huge sunburn ...

... streaming from her eyes and muscles were shaking with the altitude!! After a quick bollocking for leaving her, I escaped with a future warning about heights and we continued to enjoy our day. So this was our last mainland stay, and it's off to the islands now, first stop Brac on the ferry.......lets hope that nobody turns green this time!! Until next time J &amp; H xx

Franca got up at 330 am while I got up at 4 am so we could catch our 5 am bus to Split. Very early start to our day. Poor Franca as she had less than 2 hours of sleep on her first vacation day. She was a good sport. She didnt complain. At least not outwardly. Our bus left on time. We slept for most of the ride. When we werent sleeping, we took turns admiring the beautiful coast. We arrived in Split at 1015 am. I was disappointed to find out that the 1130 catamaran was ...

... having been some sort of religious holiday yesterday (still not sure what, but everything was closed). Bus lines weren't running, tourist offices were closed, and getting information out of people was a bit of a pain. Nonetheless, I made it to my hostel by late afternoon, and set out to see Split's main attraction, the partially-preserved ruins of the third-century-era Diocletian's Palace, built by Roman Emperor ...