Zdravo again! wow so what an amazing past week we have had. We took a 2 hour bus ride up to zadar last thurs and at first it looked like we where pretty much in the sticks...although as we kept walking we were even more surprised to see that our directions lead us across a bridge through the stone arches into the old town. Our hostel was great, and the town was beautiful. We found some amazing pizza at a little pizza place kinda equivalent to wangi pizza only the pizza was triple the size and it was so delicious we ate it both nights! we spent our day in Zadar swimming in the sea, working on our tans, and enjoying the european summer.
our time there went quick, and on saturday morning at 6:00am we packed our bags and began our 15 hour train ride to Osijek. we arrived in osijek at 9:15pm and talked our way into a lift to our hostel by some local guys...and yes it was safe, they were watching the world cup and had nothing better to do at half time XD our hostel was built on top of a night club, so we spent the night drinking and dancing to 90's songs and croatian hits.
Despite the hangovers the next day, we caught a bus to vukovar to meet the family. on the bus ride we found out that the family was not expecting us for another 2 weeks...so after exploring the town, deda picked the three of us up in a little 3 door red 80's yugo. the excitement and joy from deda and buba was incredible. oh and just to clue you in, they speak not a word of english, and our croatian is limited to say the least! it was the most amazing 2 days though and i felt so blessed to experience it, learning about the family, the town, seeing photos, getting a tour, eating super deda and super bubas delicious food, playing charades to convey stories and much much more. something we will never forget. OH plus they grow the most tasty apricots ever!
Ok so i've written a novel, and better finish up here. We are now in Zagreb and sadly Sarah has left us...but now we are continuing the next part of our adventure.
miss you all xoxox
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Sounds like you are having a fantastic time.Wish we were there.
ReplyDeleteYour time with the relies was very special & you have been blessed to have had such a wonderful time with them & experience their life.
I read about the hostel on the night club,sounds like much fun. The train ride would have been interesting seeing the countryside or recovering from a hangover ;)Croatia looks to have been really beautiful from what I have seen on the net, a wonderful experience for you both. Hope Daniel is well & has survived you girls ok.
Take care,
love,
Mum R
Sounds fantasic!! Such an adventure. Would have been so funny trying to communicate though lol.
ReplyDeleteMiss you heaps xoxo