Pharos Hvar Bayhill Hotel

Split photos here:<br> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 59738&amp;id=613699523&amp;l=b42d256b69 <br><br><br>Caught bus from Plitvice Jezera to Split and got in about 7pm. Found Situs Hostel no problem (once we actually followed the instructions properly) and it's a really cool, clean, nice small hostel. Peter was really helpful in pointing out things to do and see and eat. Peter's mum was awesome too making us coffee in the ...

... with him quite a bit to get him back to the price we thought we were getting. In the end, it worked out and we had a 3-bedroom apartment with a really beautiful view all to ourselves for 480 Kuna altogether (that&#8217;s only $16 each a night which is really cheap in Europe). We got settled in just in time for sunset, took some pretty pictures from our lanai, and then went to the market down the street for groceries. We cooked a good dinner ...

... something quiet. This spot is exactly what we were hoping for! There are only about fifty people at the campsite, which means that it is private without us being the only ones at the campsite, which seems to have been the trend lately! We bargained with the lady at the desk and paid for the cheapest spot but were able to park in the most expensive with the best views&#8230;they are unbelievable. Sailboats are going past now and we ...

... an average of 10hrs a day) mixed in with book reading, listening to my iPod, and playing various card games. Favourite on deck was Sh*thead (also known as Fish T*ts), warloads/presidents and poker. Constantly if not always you had a drink in hand - common choice was beer.<br><br>By about mid-morning we would come to our swim stop. Most times it was early morning and it was fricken cold!! The sun hadn't quite warmed you up and by the time you jumped in, you were more than happy to get ...

... cappuccino and a chocolate croissant. Efren wasn't too happy when a pigeon **** on him in the main square -- but isn't that a sign of good luck to come?<br><br>We boarded the ferry to Hvar at 11:30am and were in Hvar Town by 12:30pm. What a beautiful little town -- a great place for a wedding. As has been the norm, it was extremely hot, which one would think might limit our sightseeing potential, but being ...

... a rock at it. Franca will argue that she beat me at this game too but I believe I won. Again, she cheated by using bigger rocks than I allowed. Then we played @Rock Ball@ which involved creating a bowl made out of rocks and seeing who could be the first to get 5 rocks inside. I admit she kicked my ass in this game. I was impressed. For a high maintenance girl (kidding Franca), she can handle rocks pretty well. Finally, we played Jenga ...

... our hotel, that we booked that morning, and head out for dinner at one of the hotel's many restaurants. We share and enjoy the traditional fish soup dish that is boney, yet tasty! We head downtown to check out what turns out to be an absolute scene. A few drinks and we are ready to head home nice and early (2am) to get a decent night's sleep!

... this drive allowed us to visit quaint seaside villages then climb up the sides of mountains to gain spectacular ocean views. We could see many Dalmatian islands dotted among the blue Adriatic. We were literally gasping at times. We had to make an early start because the promised 10:15 bus turned out not to exist when I had checked the day before, so we had to get the 9am bus. Lucky I had checked! We trundled our cases along the marble streets of Dubrovnik as we bade ...

... bottles of rum like pirates at Blaire's apartment (steep stairs to it also). We ended up doing the day on the 26th with two Swedish girls, Madeleine and Emily, whom we had met at the harbour in Split and ran into on Hvar. We all ate pizza, birthday pie, drank peach bolinis and the girls sung happy birthday to me in Swedish (awesome!) On the night of the 25th we went out for a nice belated birthday dinner at a seafood restaurant, where the waiters were kissing me ...

... and up steep staircases. The cruise ships dropped about a million tourists (mostly American) so for awhile, we pretended we were from somewhere else. There are still traces of the bombings of Dubrovnik in the 90s. The mountain behind where we are staying is where, we were told, the Serbs launched attacks on Dubrovnik. It is hot and we are going to go find a beach. We are here through tomorrow and then leave for Germany Friday morning.