Blogs from Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 130

Walking through the Dubrovnik's old town at night, with the lights reflecting off the polished marble streets is just magical. It doesn't even feel real. Really, I felt like I was in disneyworld or something. I met up with Antonio, a Croatian friend of a friend. He took me around on his scooter and gave me a peek into student life in Dubrovnik.... read more

Dober Dahn friends, Well well our last few days in Croatia were spent very well indeed. After leaving the island of Brach we went to a Davis cup match ( Team tennis semifinals Croatia vs Russia) Croatia won which was really monumental because they have never made it to the finals....so much energy in the stadium and great tennis. They all sang and danced after match... We then headed to the island of Korculla...We again met a crazy guy offering us a room...he said it was only 300 meters from town...it turned out to be about 2 kilomters...oh and by the way he wanted us to SHARE a twin bed...haha...um no...we got a ride back to the center of town where we met this awesome Croatian guy who lived in Australia most of the year. He ... read more

Oi Oi Oi I've been stuck on this beautiful island in the Adriatic now for a week learning how to scuba dive. Tough I know. Well Adam and I were certified yesterday, pretty awesome in that it lasts for your entire life. If anyone comes here be sure to do it through Dolphin Diving center. Fantastic people. We've been on six dives now, 3 beach and 3 boat. The one we went on today was awesome, off the island of Hvar. Went out there and dove for about 40 minutes to this massive rock that drops off to 60 meters. Such incredible beauty. The walls of this rock were a mess of every color under the sun and odd shapes and sizes but together it painted the most beautiful picture. Saw these incredible tiny luminous blue ... read more

I'll start by explaining the title of this entry. So far whenever we ask for directions we get the response "200 meters that way" I swear everything in Croatia is 200 meters away. It has become such a frequent response that I can't help but laugh everytime I hear that response. We began our time in Croatia in the north along the coast in a little town called Opatija (O-Pat- Ya). This was a really nice introduction to Croatia. You forget how much you love the ocean when you are away from it for a while. We took a swim in the ocean and noticed that there were all these fish floating on the top of the water. They weren't dead they were just getting some oxygen. One of the croatian guys told us that ... read more

So I just returned from Kasjuni beach. Awesome place. Hiked up through the hills, stopped at a firestation and asked two guys there who seemed to be checking out some porn for directions. Then went down this rather trecherous path and stumbled upon this tiny little yellow church with a ton of candles lit in it and a small bell on top. Eventually found my way down this path constantly jumping from rock to rock in order to evade any landmines left over from the war. Got down, beautiful bay. Plonked myself down on the beach to only be surrounded within five minutes by three scantily clad elderly Croatian men with rather alarmingly large packages(hey i was not looking but when these guys wear their lolly pouches you have no choice) Went for a dip, lay ... read more