Day 7: Hvar
We first started this day with a really long swim - we had 3 hours in the most beautiful bay ever! I'm glad this was our last swim - it was HOT and we were all a bit burnt! AND, JaNae had gotten a lot more comfortable with the water. Each day she would do something a little uncomfortable for her, but this last day she swam on her own!!! Each day she had a death grip on a floaty, but this day, she just had it tied to her back. I tied it to her suit and she swam back and forth like a crazy fish! I'm not going to say she is now 100% comfortable, but this trip helped a LOT!
Anyway, on the way into Hvar we are told this is the glitziest town in all of Croatia. People like Beyonce and JayZ spend time here; wow were we excited! Hvar is TINY though! We dock the boat and see about 6 restaurants, then a couple streets of shops, more restaurants and some street vendors. Yea - took all of 20 minutes to walk around the city! But it was high class and pretty. We had decided this would be the day we would try a couple scooters and scoot around Hvar. So, we each get our own scooter and helmet and make our way up this mountain in hopes of reaching the castle at the top. We take off.....OH....a little shaky....this is our first time! But, we make it up the mountain only to realize we need to climb a ton more stairs to make it to the castle. Eh, we were just fine on the scoots so decided to keep going. We stop (JaNae needed a pee break) and decide to go around again and make our way to the castle. Now, we are half way up this mountain and the roads are met on the side by large drop offs. JaNae takes off and doesn't get the 'gas' right, so the scooter and her take off, fall over and slide towards the edge of the road!! OMG! She is now laying in the middle of the road, scoots on top of her and we are freaking out! Luckily, no cars came and we were able to get back to the parking area. JaNae's toe was bleeding and her legs bruised, but nothing serious - both of course scared beyond belief. With that, we decided just to go back and try to enjoy the rest of the night. Being a bit sore, we pumped JaNae full of pills and had a nice quiet dinner and then went to bed. Hvar was not all we thought it would be!
We first started this day with a really long swim - we had 3 hours in the most beautiful bay ever! I'm glad this was our last swim - it was HOT and we were all a bit burnt! AND, JaNae had gotten a lot more comfortable with the water. Each day she would do something a little uncomfortable for her, but this last day she swam on her own!!! Each day she had a death grip on a floaty, but this day, she just had it tied to her back. I tied it to her suit and she swam back and forth like a crazy fish! I'm not going to say she is now 100% comfortable, but this trip helped a LOT!
Anyway, on the way into Hvar we are told this is the glitziest town in all of Croatia. People like Beyonce and JayZ spend time here; wow were we excited! Hvar is TINY though! We dock the boat and see about 6 restaurants, then a couple streets of shops, more restaurants and some street vendors. Yea - took all of 20 minutes to walk around the city! But it was high class and pretty. We had decided this would be the day we would try a couple scooters and scoot around Hvar. So, we each get our own scooter and helmet and make our way up this mountain in hopes of reaching the castle at the top. We take off.....OH....a little shaky....this is our first time! But, we make it up the mountain only to realize we need to climb a ton more stairs to make it to the castle. Eh, we were just fine on the scoots so decided to keep going. We stop (JaNae needed a pee break) and decide to go around again and make our way to the castle. Now, we are half way up this mountain and the roads are met on the side by large drop offs. JaNae takes off and doesn't get the 'gas' right, so the scooter and her take off, fall over and slide towards the edge of the road!! OMG! She is now laying in the middle of the road, scoots on top of her and we are freaking out! Luckily, no cars came and we were able to get back to the parking area. JaNae's toe was bleeding and her legs bruised, but nothing serious - both of course scared beyond belief. With that, we decided just to go back and try to enjoy the rest of the night. Being a bit sore, we pumped JaNae full of pills and had a nice quiet dinner and then went to bed. Hvar was not all we thought it would be!
Day 8: Split
Yes, we'd already been in Split for a day but since we've done everything in the city worth doing, we decided to go white water rafting up in the hills. 6 of us from the boat went and two others from France were at the start to join us as well. We are split into two boats and head off down the river. I'd never been before, but this was REALLY tame! I was looking for a bit of excitement, but it was a bit like canoeing. At one point, we stopped and let the guys (and a few girls) jump off this huge rock! It was scary watching them climb up this rock - our tour guides had to help everyone. But they jumped and lived - it was awesome! We came up to a smaller rock and our guides said it was much easier to get to the top. So three of us girls went up to JUMP! The one girl who'd gone before jumped in like 2 seconds! Next, the other girl decided to go- she took a bit of coaxing, but went. Then, I stepped up and.....OMG....I think I'm going to puke!!!! It seems SO FAR UP1!! So everyone starts yelling for me to jump and I cannot do it! One of the tour guides came up to give me some motivation - told me he would push me if I didn't jump. I honestly wish he would have pushed me...but, I went! It was crazy! But I'm glad I did it!
Yes, we'd already been in Split for a day but since we've done everything in the city worth doing, we decided to go white water rafting up in the hills. 6 of us from the boat went and two others from France were at the start to join us as well. We are split into two boats and head off down the river. I'd never been before, but this was REALLY tame! I was looking for a bit of excitement, but it was a bit like canoeing. At one point, we stopped and let the guys (and a few girls) jump off this huge rock! It was scary watching them climb up this rock - our tour guides had to help everyone. But they jumped and lived - it was awesome! We came up to a smaller rock and our guides said it was much easier to get to the top. So three of us girls went up to JUMP! The one girl who'd gone before jumped in like 2 seconds! Next, the other girl decided to go- she took a bit of coaxing, but went. Then, I stepped up and.....OMG....I think I'm going to puke!!!! It seems SO FAR UP1!! So everyone starts yelling for me to jump and I cannot do it! One of the tour guides came up to give me some motivation - told me he would push me if I didn't jump. I honestly wish he would have pushed me...but, I went! It was crazy! But I'm glad I did it!
So, that was that and we were all shattered! It was 5 hours of craziness!
We get back to split, have a quick dinner and meet everyone out at a bar. When we got there, we heard great news that two of our trip mates got engaged!! Congrats Matt and Becky! It was really exciting and they are so cute together!
Final day - we are set to leave the boat by 9am! OUCH early! We all deport the boat in 90+ heat and our flight doesn't leave for another 4 hours! We needed to catch the bus at noon and it was 9am. We take our bags and realize we only have enough energy to sit in the shade and eat :) We met up with Matt and Becky to catch the bus as we were all on the same flight back to London. We get on our flight in Croatia and it's 30 minutes late taking off - of course our connection in Vienna was only 30 minutes. Yup - we are screwed! Matt and Becky were smart enough to run for it and made the flight back to London but we were stuck in Vienna for another 2 hours with a very annoying couple in the same situation as us. So, we finally got rid of them and had a nice meal. On our flight from Vienna to London, we sat next to the nicest guy who gave us some of the best travel tips ever! Thank you Gunter!
We made it back to London and so did our luggage - Matt and Becky had to go back to Heathrow the next night to get their luggage :( I guess it finally paid off to be patient!
All in all, we've been told that Croatia is prettier than the Greek Islands and will take their words for it! The coast of Croatia is amazing and beautiful! The water was amazing and the cities were very neat. It's worth a trip, but no more than two days in any city!! :)
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