Sveti Kriz Trogir

Split photos here:
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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 ...

... it was the perfect time to be sick. We just watched movies on his laptop, American shows on the TV with 2 channels (Friends, Xena Warrior Princess…), cooked, and played Chess on our mini travel set. Overall, it was nice to relax but I know I started feeling a little bored.

Saturday came around and the storm was clearing (only a little bit of rain and clouds that morning). We then hopped on a ferry to another island, called Korcula.

... 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.



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 ...

... 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

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... 10 and it was qetting quiet. Hard to tell if it would get busier or that was it.. and was there any talent around.. not much.. well only one - ish..... we decided to get the boat back and ask them about Saturday night. They said it would be better and said there were no worries about getting taxis back. Worst come to worse we could have walked home. I had a brilliant, but dorky idea of the person at the front wearing kathleens headtorch ...

... Croatians were getting quite loud so we beat a retreat. We did notice some hours later that they were still sitting outside where we had left them, probably ordering dinner by now. We took the girls back to a park they had spotted earlier on our walk and all four of us had a go on a tandem see saw. Jess and Georgie against Maggie and me. I would have called it a draw except that Jess did her ankle in, which probably makes Maggie and I the victors on points. At least I ...

... After climbing the 5 sets of stairs Kate forced us to return downstairs after a minor freak out but after lunch and a quick conference on the 3rd set of stairs we made it into the piercing place. Kellie and Sharm sat outside like nervous parents after being told neither were allowed in to hold Kate's hand. It looks hot!!! The next move was a hair dresser to fulfil our drunken dare. We randomly stumbled upon a salon run by 2 Croatian girls who did not speak much English ...

... to Split, we just walked around the promenade and got some pints with our new friends from the hostel. There was a guy from Scotland, an Aussie and two girls from America who happened to live in my same town (actually about 6 blocks from my apartment) and it was the first social night we really had which was good. Sorry no poem for today, I guess muses have sundays off too.

... with god knows what else. Alli almost vomited when she saw the hairballs. The saving grace, though, was the wireless internet connection, AND the birth of the Croatian Gator Club. After naps, laundry, and some pretty good pizza, it was game time - midnight local time. We sat around the living room table and listened to Mick Hubert call the entire game. I cannot even begin to explain how thrilled I was to be able to listen to the 43 to 0 rout, and we wound up going to ...

... small passing all day. Venice is so unique because there are no cars, buses, trucks in the city. Even DHL delivers by boat. This point in our trip has meant deciding to head south into Italy or further east and south on the east coast of the Adriatic. We opted for the east coast and quickly through Slovinia and into Croatia. Each day we manage to go further south the weather is warmer with more sun which coincides with less miles on the van and more time in our lounge ...