Zadar:
July 14th- Jelena,Tasha and I met up with Mate, Sanja (his wife), & Gloria (his daughter).. They plumped us up with watermelon & Somersby! They had goregous gorgeous black & white photos on the walls in their living room.. so jealous, now I want to dabble in black & whites and film photography!
Gloria picked up her friend on our way into the center of Zadar to show us around... the buildings (everywhere in Croatia) are just so gorgeous. seriously. it reminds me of photos you'd see of Italy. I seriously love it here. the streets are so narrow, with amazing tile or stone paths. no cement. anywhere! I swear! just beautiful roadways, bikes everywhere, and people strolling late at night. The buildings are all so old too.
Anyway, in Zadar we walked along... a riveria.. where I ran across.. just guess.. you'll never guess it...
SANTA
YUP. santa. I, of course, begged him for a photo hah!!!
back to the riveria - it was built on top of caves, so when there are waves in the sea, it hits the walls of the caves & produce what sounds like music (QUOTE JELENA) Like a SEA ORGAN (BELLA) There are tops of holes on the riveria to let the sound escape above.. it's honestly beautiful.. I've never heard anything like it, I took videos to share..no worries!
THEN THEN THEN, there was these beautiful solar panel squares that look like a giant dance floor on the riveria. They change color and everything! coolest. thing. ever.
then we grabbed some ice cream from a fantastic little ice cream shop.. the guys dishing out scoops were hilarious, and act like they were throwing it at you or it was falling... neat trick.
July 15th - National Park Krka
Jelena surprised Tasha & I with a trip to the national park.. what she didn't tell us as well was there was a nice 4K walk to the enterance -_- .... I complained.. go figure. but let's be serious... I'm not a walker. We did eventually make it.. suprisingly. We shot thousands of photos along the way of the beautiful river, mountains, trees, and we even came across a really cool VW bus by the river. it was so hipster!
THE NATIONAL PARK WAS SO FREAKING INCREDIBLE, THERE WAS A WATERFALL
THAT WE SWAM NEAR. omg. omg. omg. it was fresh water, with a strong current, so I didn't swim as close as everyone else since... I'd drown for sure. I couldn't even swim for buzz lightyear, I highly doubt I could swim for my life haha
seriusly, this was the best day yet. We were all poopeed after the 4k walk, swim, & boat ride back.. so we came back to the apartment.. ate sunka, zdenka, and tomatoes... then went to meet Ines & Ted (Jelena's friends) in the next town over... from there we drove to Sibinek... WHERE I FOUND AWESOME GRAFFITI!!
we walked around the city, found our way through the old end of town, grabbed a drink, almost got attackd by a spider/crab (it was huge. no idea what it was exactly), got lost because of our horrible GPS for the 82nd time that night haha.. and then made our way home
July 16th - Pakostane
We all (Zvonimir included - he's bella's super fabulous friend from Pozega that has now come to visit for a bit too) went to meet up with Marko & his family... They're from NJ originaly, I met them when I went up to the cabin in NY with Jelena... anyway... they have a house at the beach in Pakostane... the water was SO cold, we ended up having drinks at the cabana and playing beach volleyball.. we went on a pedalina ( a pedal boat with a slide on top that fits about 4 or more people.. ) I really need to learn to swim better. it's becoming a constant issue when I am in the middle of the sea..
They took us into town and we ate at the quaint place OUTDOORS, it was literaly open to the public and they grilled sardines & mussels... that they caught THAT DAY. we had olive oil, fresh bread, tomatoes, and onions on the table with wine. OMG. it was so amazing... I have never eaten sardines before... that I know of, atleast?
fabulous.
we strolled through the city and ended up getting Palacinke (crepes with nutella) they are so much better than French crepes. seriously, hands down.
Zak ended up getting us bottles of wine too. yum. They really did way too much, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself.. oh! we also had napalitanke, juha (soup) (WHICH I LOVE, not as good as Mama SUS' but still.) and pasteta (liver paste. bought a can for home. yum.)
We stayed out late.. it was a long day. a wonderful day at the beach, we ended up at the cabana after all of that.
July 17th - Tasha's last day
Since it was Tasha's last day, we tried to wake up early... it ended up that I was jumping up & down on the bed waiting for them to wake up.. so we could go to the store, stock up on produce Tasha needed to take back, to the beach for some tan time, stopped by some stores for nick nacks, and then JELENA MADE PALACINKE. yum. yum. yum. yum. yum. yum. yum.
I was so stuffed full from dinner and palacinke that my stomach hurt for an hour. I have been obsessed with reading my book, I haven't been without it. Anyway, we walked tasha to the bus station.. it was hilarious writing out on Tasha's phone what she needed to ask the bus guy ... on her own...
Im convinced tasha will try and say something like "me tryin to get to Re JEK EE... I wana buy some brick at a bus stop along the way, so I don't get hungry when I get to board the AERO plane to LUN DON.,.,, we spent 20 minutes explaining the difference in the 'AY' & 'UH' sound for Palacinke
So on our way over, Zvonimir asks if we are going to stand over by a pole with one of the cigarette holders on it, Tasha's like.. ahh come on, get your head outta your ass... his face just dropped
I think we were all slap happy because we were crackin out jokes like crazy. We also picked out a guy that would surely steal Tasha's cash on the bus, since she likes to flail her money around & said if someone grabbed it from her.. they deserved it.. jelena and I tried to run off!
Earlier quote from Tasha:
while stepping into the freezing water at the sea, "So this is what Jack felt like, I wonder if people who survived the Titanic ever swam again!?'
random.. did you know croatian boats saved the survivors of the Titanic??
Something I've learned over here... Dictator isn't an ominious word here... Croatians liked their dictator.. I guess he wasn't so much of a dick... So that got me thinking, that Americans here the word dictator and flinch.... but maybe if dictators had some PR, changed their name from Dictator to just "Tater' ... people would be have to smile.. like who would get upset about having a Tater around? Im smililng just writing this!
Today we woke up late, walked to the beach, did the euroean thing & went topless, then went home to load up on Juha, Kulen (like a dried pork that is spicy.. it reminds me of kielbasa, it it were cold and cooked), tomatoes & zdenka.
Bella "just loves the tape (that she put on her boobs), it feels so liberating. I never wanna wear a bra!' OY VEY.
Now, Jelena is passed out on the couch... while we watch the Big Bang Theory.. cause thats huge here.. and Hot in Cleveland.. I've never even watched that in Cleveland, yet the Croats love it.
Zvonimir told me how at highschool, upperclassman will stop lowerclassman in the halls and make them sing songs, like the national anthem of Croatia.. which makes them late to class.. and it's super bad to be late for class.. and they throw corn or flour at them!? how crazy!
THEME SONG for this trip: Avicii - Wake me up
OH! and I shot a bow!! got three ballons!! woot woot!! I am going to practice my archery when I come home. I was quite impressed with myself. (there was bows in the middle of the city in Pakostane)
Oh! also, I have seen 1950 spray painted EVERYWHERE, stop signs. roads. sidewalks, walls, everything ... in EVERY city we've visited! finally I got curious and asked around about the meaning... I guess that's when the Torcida fan club was stated.. for soccer..
pretty anticlimactic, but still. interesting
The last oh yeah!! I'm tanning fairly well in my opinion... jelenas face got burnt on only one side.. so now she looks like Two Face from Batman...
The end
July 14th- Jelena,Tasha and I met up with Mate, Sanja (his wife), & Gloria (his daughter).. They plumped us up with watermelon & Somersby! They had goregous gorgeous black & white photos on the walls in their living room.. so jealous, now I want to dabble in black & whites and film photography!
Gloria picked up her friend on our way into the center of Zadar to show us around... the buildings (everywhere in Croatia) are just so gorgeous. seriously. it reminds me of photos you'd see of Italy. I seriously love it here. the streets are so narrow, with amazing tile or stone paths. no cement. anywhere! I swear! just beautiful roadways, bikes everywhere, and people strolling late at night. The buildings are all so old too.
Anyway, in Zadar we walked along... a riveria.. where I ran across.. just guess.. you'll never guess it...
SANTA
YUP. santa. I, of course, begged him for a photo hah!!!
back to the riveria - it was built on top of caves, so when there are waves in the sea, it hits the walls of the caves & produce what sounds like music (QUOTE JELENA) Like a SEA ORGAN (BELLA) There are tops of holes on the riveria to let the sound escape above.. it's honestly beautiful.. I've never heard anything like it, I took videos to share..no worries!
THEN THEN THEN, there was these beautiful solar panel squares that look like a giant dance floor on the riveria. They change color and everything! coolest. thing. ever.
then we grabbed some ice cream from a fantastic little ice cream shop.. the guys dishing out scoops were hilarious, and act like they were throwing it at you or it was falling... neat trick.
July 15th - National Park Krka
Jelena surprised Tasha & I with a trip to the national park.. what she didn't tell us as well was there was a nice 4K walk to the enterance -_- .... I complained.. go figure. but let's be serious... I'm not a walker. We did eventually make it.. suprisingly. We shot thousands of photos along the way of the beautiful river, mountains, trees, and we even came across a really cool VW bus by the river. it was so hipster!
THE NATIONAL PARK WAS SO FREAKING INCREDIBLE, THERE WAS A WATERFALL
THAT WE SWAM NEAR. omg. omg. omg. it was fresh water, with a strong current, so I didn't swim as close as everyone else since... I'd drown for sure. I couldn't even swim for buzz lightyear, I highly doubt I could swim for my life haha
seriusly, this was the best day yet. We were all poopeed after the 4k walk, swim, & boat ride back.. so we came back to the apartment.. ate sunka, zdenka, and tomatoes... then went to meet Ines & Ted (Jelena's friends) in the next town over... from there we drove to Sibinek... WHERE I FOUND AWESOME GRAFFITI!!
we walked around the city, found our way through the old end of town, grabbed a drink, almost got attackd by a spider/crab (it was huge. no idea what it was exactly), got lost because of our horrible GPS for the 82nd time that night haha.. and then made our way home
July 16th - Pakostane
We all (Zvonimir included - he's bella's super fabulous friend from Pozega that has now come to visit for a bit too) went to meet up with Marko & his family... They're from NJ originaly, I met them when I went up to the cabin in NY with Jelena... anyway... they have a house at the beach in Pakostane... the water was SO cold, we ended up having drinks at the cabana and playing beach volleyball.. we went on a pedalina ( a pedal boat with a slide on top that fits about 4 or more people.. ) I really need to learn to swim better. it's becoming a constant issue when I am in the middle of the sea..
They took us into town and we ate at the quaint place OUTDOORS, it was literaly open to the public and they grilled sardines & mussels... that they caught THAT DAY. we had olive oil, fresh bread, tomatoes, and onions on the table with wine. OMG. it was so amazing... I have never eaten sardines before... that I know of, atleast?
fabulous.
we strolled through the city and ended up getting Palacinke (crepes with nutella) they are so much better than French crepes. seriously, hands down.
Zak ended up getting us bottles of wine too. yum. They really did way too much, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself.. oh! we also had napalitanke, juha (soup) (WHICH I LOVE, not as good as Mama SUS' but still.) and pasteta (liver paste. bought a can for home. yum.)
We stayed out late.. it was a long day. a wonderful day at the beach, we ended up at the cabana after all of that.
July 17th - Tasha's last day
Since it was Tasha's last day, we tried to wake up early... it ended up that I was jumping up & down on the bed waiting for them to wake up.. so we could go to the store, stock up on produce Tasha needed to take back, to the beach for some tan time, stopped by some stores for nick nacks, and then JELENA MADE PALACINKE. yum. yum. yum. yum. yum. yum. yum.
I was so stuffed full from dinner and palacinke that my stomach hurt for an hour. I have been obsessed with reading my book, I haven't been without it. Anyway, we walked tasha to the bus station.. it was hilarious writing out on Tasha's phone what she needed to ask the bus guy ... on her own...
Im convinced tasha will try and say something like "me tryin to get to Re JEK EE... I wana buy some brick at a bus stop along the way, so I don't get hungry when I get to board the AERO plane to LUN DON.,.,, we spent 20 minutes explaining the difference in the 'AY' & 'UH' sound for Palacinke
So on our way over, Zvonimir asks if we are going to stand over by a pole with one of the cigarette holders on it, Tasha's like.. ahh come on, get your head outta your ass... his face just dropped
I think we were all slap happy because we were crackin out jokes like crazy. We also picked out a guy that would surely steal Tasha's cash on the bus, since she likes to flail her money around & said if someone grabbed it from her.. they deserved it.. jelena and I tried to run off!
Earlier quote from Tasha:
while stepping into the freezing water at the sea, "So this is what Jack felt like, I wonder if people who survived the Titanic ever swam again!?'
random.. did you know croatian boats saved the survivors of the Titanic??
Something I've learned over here... Dictator isn't an ominious word here... Croatians liked their dictator.. I guess he wasn't so much of a dick... So that got me thinking, that Americans here the word dictator and flinch.... but maybe if dictators had some PR, changed their name from Dictator to just "Tater' ... people would be have to smile.. like who would get upset about having a Tater around? Im smililng just writing this!
Today we woke up late, walked to the beach, did the euroean thing & went topless, then went home to load up on Juha, Kulen (like a dried pork that is spicy.. it reminds me of kielbasa, it it were cold and cooked), tomatoes & zdenka.
Bella "just loves the tape (that she put on her boobs), it feels so liberating. I never wanna wear a bra!' OY VEY.
Now, Jelena is passed out on the couch... while we watch the Big Bang Theory.. cause thats huge here.. and Hot in Cleveland.. I've never even watched that in Cleveland, yet the Croats love it.
Zvonimir told me how at highschool, upperclassman will stop lowerclassman in the halls and make them sing songs, like the national anthem of Croatia.. which makes them late to class.. and it's super bad to be late for class.. and they throw corn or flour at them!? how crazy!
THEME SONG for this trip: Avicii - Wake me up
OH! and I shot a bow!! got three ballons!! woot woot!! I am going to practice my archery when I come home. I was quite impressed with myself. (there was bows in the middle of the city in Pakostane)
Oh! also, I have seen 1950 spray painted EVERYWHERE, stop signs. roads. sidewalks, walls, everything ... in EVERY city we've visited! finally I got curious and asked around about the meaning... I guess that's when the Torcida fan club was stated.. for soccer..
pretty anticlimactic, but still. interesting
The last oh yeah!! I'm tanning fairly well in my opinion... jelenas face got burnt on only one side.. so now she looks like Two Face from Batman...
The end
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