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.