Sunday, August 1, 2010

8/1/10, Sunday - Croatia

I left Hamburg early this morning to catch my flight to Dubrovnik.  I took a city bus tour which provided some excellent views of the city.  Then I checked my bags in while I took a look around the old city.  It was pretty impressive.  I then got on a bus to Split.  It took 5 hours.  I spent the first hour or so taking pictures, the view from the bus was amazing!  Then, out of fear that I might run out of pictures, I made myself go to sleep.  (By made myself go to sleep, I mean I closed my eyes- As you know if you have read my blog, I have trouble staying awake on public transportation.)  At the stop where I woke up, a guy got on the bus and asked if he could sit by me.  Though I didn't mind at first, he then fell asleep and then fell on me!  I tried elbowing him a bunch of times, but it was no use.  He didn't wake up easily and I was destined to be smushed until he got off the bus about an hour later.  As he got off, a group of guys got on.  One asked if he could sit by me and I bitchingly said fine.  It turned out he and his two friends were Croatian and were very nice.  His friend asked where I was from and we started talking. They were very helpful, finding out when we'd get to Split (it took longer than I thought it would) and telling me which stop to get off on.  If they hadn't been there to help, I might have gotten off about 30 minutes too early.  I thanked them for their help (hoala) and took a taxi to my hostel because it was so late that I didn't want to try to navigate a new city with my bags so late.  Good thing too!  I never would have found my hostel, but the taxi driver knew just where to go.

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