Sirena Hvar Beachwood Hotel

... 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 ...

... wiggling around on the top of my foot. I freaked out and started trying to brush it off as quickly as I could but it was not coming off easily. I think it had latched itself partially into my skin because it took a few swipes to get it off. When I finally flung it off, my heart was pounding and I was definitely freaked out (but relieved it hadn&#8217;t gotten stuck in my skin, sucking my blood). We left that area shortly after that. Those who know ...

... 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 ...

... hardcore travelers that we are, we took it in stride. Before grabbing lunch, we purchased our ferry tickets to Korcula for the 6pm departure. We also had to store our luggage for the afternoon. I think Hvar makes most of its money on luggage storage -- it cost us $6 a bag (more than the ferry tickets!).<br><br>We quickly found a lovely restaurant on the main square, purportedly the largest square in ...

The Croatian blog requires 1000 words before we even pass the border. Right now I'm anticipating the longest blog this far so here we go. A defining moment of our trip that occurred on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. One which will be looked back on with laughter for many years and one that reminded us that wer'e not in Kansas anymore Toto! We drove towards the dark storm that was looming above the Slovenian and Croatian border. We attempted to drive along back roads to ensure we ...

... the rocks from the beach. I clearly kicked her butt in this game. It is amazing what games you could come up with just with rocks from the beach. I guess my imagination kicks in when I get a bit stir crazy. We were back on the boat by 430 pm. The intensity of the rock games (tongue in cheek) exhausted me and I crashed for most of the return trip to Hvar. When we got back to Hvar, Franca and I grabbed two pizzas for supper. Tonight was ...

... to this marvellous city. I realised that there is actually quite a steep climb to get through the Ploce Gate. We had calculated the day before that this was the route with the fewest steps to get outside of the city walls and there is a taxi rank right there. We made the bus with heaps of time to spare. I bought the tickets from the ticket kiosk only to be berated by the driver. His main concern was that I had paid for a ticket for Maggie. 'Piccolo' he said, pointing to ...

... boy cheeks, European style. We hadn't slept yet and so i was still wearing my 'Im 18' badge when we went back to Carpe Diem. A lot of birthday wishes ensued, coupled with a LOT of birthday drinks. Three Americans bought me, in total 6 vodka and redbulls, and 4 successive jagerbombs, probably more beyond my recollection. Another group of Irish lads also sung me happy birthday over shots when they spotted me sporting my huge badge. Meeting these guys was probably the ...

... beginning of a long or arduous journey. We only went two streets and were arguing about where to go next when we saw a lanky guy waving to us between two restaurants. Climbing three flights of stairs we were in another small apartment and started looking for the "weird thing". This one was easy to spot because the couch had no part to sit on. Supposedly the result of some destruction done by previous tenants. Collette loved it and ...

... off and then turn them away. Our Pension lady was giving us fruit and cola left, right and centre - another hostess with the mostest. Spent most of our time walking around the old city, also found a spot on a nice secluded beach about a 20 min walk from the old city and soaked up the sea and sun. At sunset it is the done thing to walk around the walls of the city to get a shot, of every angle possible, of the setting sun and shadows on the city.....yet again very beautiful. Next stop Bosnia.....