Tasha and I actually ended up taking beach mats out of the garbage and using them haha.. It sounds ridiculous but seriously, you cannot just lay on your towel. I had a sharp pointy rock in my spleen at one point. The "garbage" mats, as we called them, helped a ton! It's sort of funny... Anyway.. The sea is so salty. Jelena keeps telling us its not the ocean, bla bla bla... It's the Adriatic Sea haha.
We got to the beach pretty late so by the time we walked home, we cooked up spaghetti left overs on the stove and waiting on the balcony for the rent-a-car lady to deliver the Kia. Yup! A Kia.
We went to the store for real groceries that we didn't have to carry all by hand all the way home like the day prior. We loaded our cart up with wine, avocados, bananas, sangria, apples, nectarines, čevapi (which are fabulous Croatian mini sausages basically), and loads of other food- 500 kuna worth, basically 100 dollars (not bad splitting it by four)
After we walked into the "center" [of town].. It's like a boardwalk, with all the music and trinkets you'd expect
We also encountered this gay, black man doing Zumba with this large crowd of tourists.. He was awesome. He shook parts of his body I didn't even know existed. Hahh... I got a half banana half Nutella ice cream cone. Yumm!!!
The next morning Jelena and I woke up at 4:30 in the freaking morning to get a suitcase that her grandma shipped from Pozega off the bus. It was full of snacks, treats, and edible eats.. Plus all the rest of their clothes.. They sent us tomatoes (YUM), rakija (homemade plum brandy), bazga (syrup from an elderflower that they squeezed- when added to water it's like juice!), čokoladne ( chocolate ), and I honestly can't remember what else.
I received 85,00 the phrase "Može dvije čokoladne krosane" which means, can I have two chocolate croissants.. In which I desperately wanted to buy from the bakery... No bakery was open at 5am. So we crashed and woke up hours later.. To .. Yes, get chocolate croissants & head to the beach! Before that tho, we had šunka ( ridiculously tasty & salty pork, from Jelenas familia) with zdenka (that spreadable cheese) and bread for breakfast.. At the beach, Tasha and I were elated to use our floaties that we had bought from the store the day before! Except we didn't think the whole swimming in a cold SEA thing out first.. So we had Jelena pull us out haha.. As we drifted apart and eventually towards shore we got up the stamina to flap our arms in the water and drift towards booeys (I know that's not spelled right, I just cannot figure out the spelling right now) ... After our chests were successfully stinging from salt water and a cold breeze we made our way onto shore and napped in the sun.. I. Am. Getting. Tan. It's awesome!
That night we drove to Vodice, a town about 45 minutes away- to Hacienda, "the most popular club on the Adriatic Sea".. We walked past.. There was all of two people inside.. Jelena and Tasha literally cackled with amusement! We ended up driving to the center of their town & grabbing a slice of pizza.. And hearing music blaring from the bar closest to us.. It was cool inside.. There was a freaking stuffed crocodile in the floor. With sand around it, and glass overtop so you can stand on top of it. Drinks are crazy pricey over here.. We danced it out and passed out on the way home.. It's really interesting being in a place where English speakers are really hit or miss, it made my trip to the bathroom at the bar interesting..
Anyway, we woke up this am.. Grabbed breakfast, went to the beach- came home and made čevapi, mashed potatoes,and bread with mustard. Yum. Yum. Yum. Now we're at the store and I'm sitting here typing while trying to dodge customers while walking
We're meeting up with Jelena's dads friend tonight.. He'a showing us around Zadar... He's a beer distributor!
My smoothie & Burek
our fridge, full of yummy goodness
making mimoas
I didn't realize the cork would pop- for the wine .. I made sangria too 
5 am
The dock 
the bottle that popped!
Family dinner
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