CaraandGina

Today we headed back toward Croatia along the Montenegran coast. We stopped in a very old small town names Perast. In the center of town is a beautiful 16th century church. From the dock in town you can take a boat across to the floating cathedral that I mentioned yesterday. The monastary on the other island is only open for religious clergy on sabatical. We chartered the boat across to the cathedrel and were so taken aback by the beauty and history of this place. To think that it took 200 years just to build the island that the cathedral is on is mind boggling. Inside the museum which is attached to the cathedral there is this beautiful embroidered cloth. The story behind the cloth is that this woman whos husband was lost at sea, embroidered ... read more

Today Marina invited Dad to her English class so that the kids could practice their English and ask Dad questions about America. The kids were all so excited to have Americans in their class and they were all so cute. Dad wore his Hawaiin shirt and the kids were giggling at him, saying that he was from Hawaii. They asked him all kinds of questions about California and wether or not he knew any celebritys. Then he sang them a song on the piano. It was so fun to get to see how excited kids are to be in school here. They love to learn English and aren't shy or afraid to ask questions. There was one kid who would classify as the "class clown" and he was cracking us up. It was a really fun, ... read more

This morning the four of us drove to Split. Marina didn't have to teach class, so we got to spend the day with our own private tour guide. Our first stop was a cafe at the top of a hill, looking over the bay. We could see the waterfront and the old part of the city dating back to the 3rd century. Split was a favorite city of the Roman Emperor Diocletian and he built his palace there. Because of this, Split has always been a very modern city. Before we went to the palace, Gina and Marina left us to go to a shop in a different part of the city. This left dad and Cara to wander around the square. After shopping for a bit we decided to go to a cafe bar and ... read more

We slept in this morning and then drove to Makarska with Jure and Dad to do some shopping. We were able to get almost all of our shopping done. After we got back to Baska Voda we went down to the local supermarket to buy some beer there since we were going to be staying in tonight. We were surprised to find that they sell all of their beers individually! No 30 packs here! Instead there large beers are in two liter plastic bottles. Like pepsi or coke. We went and said goodbye to Mary and Ozzy who had to leave in the morning and were very sad to see them go. Tomorrow it is off to Bosnia!... read more

Today we went white water rafting in the canyon outside of Omis (The city of pirates) The weather was perfect! We were all a little nervouse since none of us had been before. We met our "Captain" whose name we could not prenounce or remember,(but boy was he HOT), at a small agency and hopped into a van with the raft strapped to the roof. The drive up was frightening, one lane winding roads with cars squeezing next to one another on tight cliffs. Cara and Gina were both holding on for dear life. When we got to the starting point on the river, Gina was laughed at for wearing a seat belt. So we squeezed into our life suits, Dad put his on inside out, helmets, and life vests and headed down the river. The ... read more