Punta Hotel Sibenik

... day and the first day I've worn thongs since Bruges!!!!
Walked to the beach and waded in the water but too cold to go swimming.
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.
Had an awesome meal of Sarma (mince wrapped in cabbage leaves) and Fozol - bean and ham dish.

Sunday went to market ...

... himself and many others that he was the son of Jupiter. He killed thousands of Christians who didn’t go along with his views. But according to Andre, he was still a good ruler for that time. Even after he was retired, rulers would come to Split and beg him to become emperor again. He told them, "Have you seen my cabbages?" This meant he was having way too much fun living a “simple life” with gardens and the ocean right in front of his door.
Split, Croatia mdaa

... about to watch our second sunset here-it truly is a highlight so far for us. Originally we were only going to stay one night and drive into Split today, but the beauty of having Fred means that is we like a place, we can stay longer :) Our third campsite in Croatia is by far the best; I had to really force myself away from doing nothing to write this! Although I have to admit that I have a million dollar view while writing it :)

... restaurant (with Arnica and Matt) up away from the town square and it was a nice little family tavern. Lets just say that the food was A-ma-zing. We let the owner choose our dishes and left it all to him. Olives, cheeses, tomatoes, breads, veges, and some mackeral that was just divine! Yummo! We made our way back to the boat ... via the gelato store .... and headed to sleep .... no sleep in almost 48 hrs ... lets just say I was out like a light!

Daily routines

Lets ...

... Keset kallakut selgub, et pean ennast garaazhi tagurdama. Umbkeelse abielupaari juhiste tulemusena olen keset tänavat risti, nina vastu seina ja tagumine ots kahtlaselt lähedal garaazhiuksepiidale. Asjasse sekkub peretütar, kes ka inglise keelt mõistab ja pereettevõtmise tulemusena õnnetub mind garaazhi installeerida. Nüüd ei kõlba enam mingil juhul enam öelda, et tuba ei meeldi... Tuba on aga väga sheff, eraldi esik, köök, magamistuba ja vannituba. Pluss omaette katuseterass. Kõige v ...

... a few pieces of trash Floated on the surface. Then suddenly bubbles started escalating from the water with great force. More and more, the bubbles began To pop at the surface. A sight then occurred unexpectedly. Out of the awkward dusk surfaced a diver Draped in black, water beading from the suit. As the diver unmasked A thick mast of dark, Slavic hair glistened against the air tank, as ...

... religions? After leaving Izudin, we went across the street to mosque's cemetery - every single of the 50-odd gravestone was dated 1993, the year of the big battle in Mostar. Izudin said they had to hold funerals in the middle of the night to avoid snipers. The vast majority of the deceased were born in the 60's through 80's! We found the number of completely bombed and gutted buildings, which were much more common in Mostar than in Sarajevo, to be especially jarring. In ...

... to sweat it out in our room for the night. When we got back to the house, though, the family invited us to have a glass of their homemade wine with them. We ended up staying up until 2:00am drinking wine, eating salted fish, and just talking with everyone. They were so generous, and this is definitly an advantage to the homestay rather than hotels. The main reason we chose to come here was to spend the day at Krka National Park. We spent ...

... us to our supper! Hopefully he will visit Boston and we can return the favor sometime soon. It also bears mentioning that at one point during supper, Sven phoned his ex-girlfriend Sabina, also from the LJ era (she and Ilko lived with LJ), to see if she was available to meet up with us. Evidently, these Germans have a way of remaining good friends with their former lovers. In fact, Sven won a pair of World Cup tickets, and his companion that he invited is Sabina's current beau ...

... chaleur humaine un peu machiste des Mediterraneens peut parfois etre enervante pour une fille seule, ici, c'est plutot le desir d'avoir l'air galant, sans etre persistant ni engageant, qui prime. Une question, une direction, quelque petite faveur que ce soit, mesdemoiselles, et vos soucis seront regles grace a la coquetterie croate. Et il faut savoir en profiter puisque, 1) ca me facilite la vie et 2) ca les fait sentir plus masculins, et les Croates en sont bien heureux!