Monday, August 2, 2010

8/2/10, Monday - Split, Croatia

Today was my first full day in Split. I arrived late last night, checked my email, talked to some nice guys from London and from New York, and went to bed. My loud Spanish roommates (4 guys) came in as I was falling asleep and were so loud. I think it was a combination of them being rude and me being hostelled out because after about 5 minutes I said "shhhh!" Luckily, that's another universal thing. I woke up this morning, bought a Croatia towel, and made my way to the beaches that the girl who works at the hostel suggested. I started out at their touristy beach. When she told me about it she said "it's nothing special. You will walk and walk out in the water and it will still only be up to your waist and you will just get annoyed." She was right. It was like a giant pool. It had no waves, but it was the first sandy beach I have been to in Europe. It was really nice for families and children and there were a lot of people playing handball (sort of a mix between catch and volleyball with a small rubber ball). Though there were a lot of Speedos and a few naked children, which I still find traumatic, but I did not see any uncovered boobs, so I was very thankful for that. I spent about 30 minutes at that beach before I got bored and decided to make my way to the less touristy beach on the other side of Split. I liked that beach a lot, though it was a pebble beach. The water here is as clear as everyone promised it would be, but I think its equally clear in France and Greece. After about an hour and a half at the second beach, I made my way back to the hostel for a shower and to clean up. Then I went back out for dinner and to tour the old city. The old city is quite cool and I had a really nice time looking around. Then I ate at a real restaurant by myself for the first time this whole trip. I have mainly been hitting up grocery stores for bread, ham, and cheese, but I decided to splurge ($8!) for some seafood risotto. It was quite tasty. I then climbed to the top of this nearby hill for what I heard from some guys at my hostel was a very nice view of the city. I was hoping to see the sunset from there, but it turns out the hillside you climb faces east. Regardless, I did get some nice views of the city and some really good exercise! I stayed at the top of the hill until the sunset, took some pictures of the city at dusk, then made my way back through the old city, took some more pictures, and came back to the hostel to catch up on my very outdated blog!

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