Blogs from Split, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 20

My first year in Tanzania flew right by, and suddenly I found myself hosting my last few visitors and heading out of town for my summer holidays! Herein I'll briefly update you on the end of my school year and my travels between then and now. You might want to make yourself comfortable... My penultimate visitor of the school year was non-other than my sister, Kim. She came just when her courses ended, before her summer courses in Mombasa, Kenya began. She was looking for some R&R and I was more than happy to provide it! Kim spent her days sleeping in, reading, playing with Kibo, etc. She got to come to a puppy class, see me in action at weekly Karaoke night at the Irish Bar, meet some of my friends, and go to the ... read more

Some entertaining reverse cultural things for you: - I keep forgetting to look at my gas gauge on my car. I swear Im going to run out of gas one day. - Movie Theaters don't have reserved seats here - Debit Cards. I forgot completely about them. - Tips and Tax. It's hard to have to add money to a bill - English. Everyone speaks it but I keep listening into random people's conversations on the street because I forget I'm not in Germany. SO. Onto the next part of the adventure... We arrived, exactly one hour late (due to our door in the wagon being stuck open all night) in Split, Croatia at the train station. We were greeted immediately by locals trying to rent out their rooms for the night. A hostel had been ... read more

a lazy week in split. what can i say we really didn't do to much, laying low cos we are spending a week sailing the Croatian islands for a week... we have spent a lot of time lazing on the marina drinking wine and sunning ourselves on the beach. we did get a little local culture into us though... we have watched a lot of soccer and we did a walk under Diocletian's palace and walked up the church tower topped off with heaps of window shopping... I've only bought two pairs of earrings! pretty good by my standards! we have also tried new foods - shock horror i know! it was called pasticata a local Croatian dish with red meat and gnocci, quite tasty! oh and i should add, damo went for a midnight wander... ... read more

So! I've been lax again with the blog and as always it bites me in the ass. Remembering what I've done each day, organising it, etc. Here we go. On friday we left Sarajevo after a nice stay there enjoying the old town. Our last day we went to see Tunel 3A. This is a tunnel that the Bosnians dug during the siege, under the UN-controlled airport and to free Bosnian territory outside of Sarajevo. It was a real lifeline for the people there-supplies, food, ammunition, everything came through there. They showed us a video with a bunch of war footage-bombs going off, shells hitting buildings, buildings collapsing, etc. I'm not sure what the purpose of that was but when I got back to town, it was pretty crazy to think that where I was standing ... read more

On our third day in Croatia we decided to try Antonio’s in Kastel Stari for dinner and I ordered the Vegetarian Pizza, more out of curiosity than anything else as in the description it said “Tomatoes, Cheese, Vegetables, Olives”. Little did I realise that I would be presented with the best Veggie Pizza in the world... ever! The vegetables? Peas, Carrots and Potatoes! It was like an Irish Stew pizza! I can only imagine the panic in the kitchen when my order came through... “Vegetables? All we’ve got are mushrooms, onions and peppers (these were the veggies on Col’s Meaty pizza), look in the pantry - there must be some tinned veg back there... here we go, we’ve got potatoes, peas and carrots, they’re all vegetables, they’ll be fine!” And if I’m honest, they were more ... read more