Almost done in Croatia then off to Montenegro

Well, hello everyone. It feels like ages since my last post. I guess a lot has happened. So bear with me as I try to remember :)

To be honest, I was ready to move on from Split. It was a busy, smelly and hectic city with not much to offer me. After posting, we spent the day running around and trying to get things in order. Jaime had issues she needed to fix and both of us had tried to mail things home. In Croatia, you cannot mail honey to the USA and you cannot mail glass to Canada so all the honey in glass jars Jaime bought are still with her. Then I stressed out because (stupid me) I put a chocolate bar in my camera bag and by the time we walked to our room, it had melted all over. I was worried but managed to get it off the chargers and thankfully they still work! It just seemed like there were so many things that were going against us.

The next day, we walked around town and quickly covered Diocletians Palace. So we packed up the car and drove out of Split to Krka National Park where I saw Skradinski buk or the waterfalls of Skradin. It is a series of lakes with cascading waterfalls linking them. It was a lovely walk and I got in the water by the waterfalls. What a joy! But then it was back to Split. I did meet up with a travel friend from last year, Victoria, who happened to be in Split as well. But then it was onto the ferry which would take us to Korcula Town on the island of Korcula. Once we arrived and stressfully found parking and our apartment (which is amazing) we went out for a drink. We were enjoying ourselves when a Croatian man who worked on the ferry offered to buy us a drink. It all started out harmless but throughout the evening, he got more creepy towards Jaime. Of course, I had her back so I made sure he didn't get too close. We went to another bar with him because we kind of itied him and wanted his coworkers to see him with us but then once we got to the disco we realized we needed to get away. So we danced for a bit and when the smoke machine was at it's peak, we ran. This was the second time on this trip we have runaway from creepy guys but still fun. It was only later that we realized we were back on that exact ferry in two days.

So our full day in Korcula town was great. It is such a great place... it is beautiful, small, exciting architecture and scenery and some nice people. We met an old Italian man who was just the sweetest guy. Our day was perfect: slept in, chatted in bed, walked around town, laid on the beach, then made our own meal and chatted for the night. Perfect!

The next day, we checked out and loaded up the car. Then we walked along the road to Lumbarda, which supposedly had amazing beaches. Halfway, I started cramping in my legs and feet and it just didn't get better. I guess I haven't been getting enough water. So when we got there, I settled on the first bach I saw. Then spent te next few hours snorkelling and sunbathing. And didn't realize I was burning all over my body. It was onyl when we left that I realized I was very sore all over. Throughout the night, it just got more painful and annoying. But we got back to town and onto the ferry... nervous about Croatian man and how he would react to our escape from the club. He eventually came up and we were friendly but distant. We said Jaime had to take me home because I was sick (which I wasn't) but we saw that he had a temper and we didn't want anything to happen. It was a stressful ferry ride to Dubrovnik and as we were pulling into port, we hid in our car and prayed for a clean escape. And it happened. The further we got away, the better we felt. We adverted a potentially creepy stalker situation. We got to our room right by the Pile Gate and went to a beautiful and relaxing bar for a celebratory drink. We had made it to Dubrovnik, burnt, but together and free from stalkers.

Now we have a full day in Dubrovnik to walk around the old town, walk the walls and enjoy our last stop in Croatia. Then it is off to Montenegro.

Talk to you then,

Love, Lisa