Punta Split

... day and the first day I've worn thongs since Bruges!!!!<br>Walked to the beach and waded in the water but too cold to go swimming.<br>Went to Fife for dinner which was recommended by Peter from the hostel and also the barman on Friday night as the best place in town to get good local food at local prices.<br>Had an awesome meal of Sarma (mince wrapped in cabbage leaves) and Fozol - bean and ham dish.<br><br>Sunday went to market ...

... English, all at once, telling us either &#8220;1 minute walking&#8221; or &#8220;city center&#8221; or &#8220;50 meter to beach&#8221; or &#8220;nice room&#8221; or &#8220;come see room&#8221; in broken English. We finally settled on the guy who spoke the most English and promised us the lowest price. Of course, when he took us to his apartment so we could check it out, he had &#8220;forgotten&#8221; his low price at the dock and Andre had to ...

... it wasn't luxury, it was decent and we really enjoyed it. There was a couple from Switzerland who were in Croatia for windsurfing and we talked to them for a little while the following morning before we headed out.<br><br><br><br>Today has to have been the most relaxing day of the trip! We woke this morning and while we were having our breakfast, Matt spotted three dolphins swimming out in the water below us! We watched them for ...

... again. But you'd try to wade it out and just to be off the boat for a while.<br><br>Lunches were awesome. First day we got soup, just delicious, stupid thing was we thought that was it as it was a massive bowl plonked on the table. Rookie mistake, there was second course of pasta, then dessert. Most lunches were 2 if not 3 courses beginning with soup then a second course which during the week included calamari, fish and potatoes, snitzels, mousakka, other random yummy things. Dessert ...

... awesome. Just strolling around the ruins of the palace (which is the same as the current old town) was very enjoyable.<br><br>Efren then of course wanted to climb to the top of the Cathedral of St. Dominus. The climb involved 183 steps. Not too bad, except that it was quite claustrophobic on the staircases. We were rewarded with impressive views of the city.<br><br>We wrapped things up with a walk along the Riva (the harborside promenade) to see all the ...

... where we bought sliced watermelon and returned to our sunny promenade bench to eat it.<br><br>Later we retrieved our luggage from our hotel and, in true Croatian style, relaxed at a local coffeeshop for a while before heading off to the ferry. Sadly the dark clouds were returning with a vengeance and making our arrival seem like drizzle!

... and flowered ballerina flats sported by one middle-aged woman. There were various open-toed espadrilles with very muddy toes peeking out from them. Blah. But I digress. The heavy mist through the hills and valleys of the park added an element to the surroundings that almost felt prehistoric in nature. We felt bad for all the poor people who had to see the park on a nice, dry sunny, warm day! Poor them! Ha ha! Well... except for ...

Jess was a star this morning and got up at 6am to go and meet Shona at the port. When the rest of us woke up she was in our apartment having a snooze. We got up and ready, luckily there was a 24 hour bakery around the corner for our late breakfast. After consulting a travel guide and a suggestion from other friends, we decided to head up the hill for a scenic view of the city. I wasn't the keenest on this idea ...

... with a amulet* Five minutes later... "Very nice... which way is the bell tower?" "But there is so much of Christianity you have not seen, stay with me, I will show you" *Mum and I look at each other ...

... Tuesday morning!). After that we started on our tour of Berlin, which turned out to be more of a preview than anything else since most of the places we tried to go to were museums and closed on Mondays. We visited a famous street that formed the border between East and West Berlin and now has a monument and small museum about the wall. The East Germans tore down all the buildings on the East side of the street because people would escape by jumping out of windows to the sidewalk ...