so, who can guess where the above quote is from?? GO!
Well, it's my last day here in Tuzla!! I am getting on a bus to Zagreb @ 7am and my flight leaves at 2:40pm!!! whoooo!!!!!!
DENVER HERE I COME!
CAO TUZLA!!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Oh Dubrovnik, how beautiful you are
Well, according to my mom Dubrovnik has been proclaimed to be the place to go for celebrities, and now I know why! If you ever have the chance to go to Dubrovnik, you should take it! It was absolutely beautiful! It’s a very touristy area; however, if you search out the local places you will definitely find the soul of Dubrovnik and of the Dalmatian Coast. The girls and I took a bus at 9pm Thursday night and arrived at 4:30am Friday morning. The bus ride was actually fine because we slept most of the way. Once we arrived and understood where we were (thanks to the bus driver who didn’t speak English pointing us into the direction of a very large map!), we ventured out onto the streets of the city to find our accommodations that I had booked ahead of time. I found this great little place called the Braticevic Rooms. It was a regular house in a residential neighborhood, which was only reached by walking up a flight of 100 stairs! (And yes, I counted!) Anyway, it was a great room with 3 beds and a huge armoire and bed side tables. We shared a full bath with another couple staying there, but it was totally fine. I loved it because it was far away enough from Old Town and all of the touristy stuff that I felt like we were sitting right in the middle of the culture, which was just great. The family who owns the place was so helpful and we were able to go as we pleased, which was nice.
Friday, we didn’t get much sleep, but that didn’t stop us from getting our butts to Old Town and checking out what the beaches looked like! Since we wanted to see Old Town, we followed the map to the very outskirts of Old Town, right outside the wall that marks the perimeter of the Old Town. It wasn’t a beach at all, to our surprise, but a cool swim spot! It was great to see so many different cultures in one place...and very interesting. Needless to say, the girls and I got more than our fair share of seeing adults and children dressing and undressing out of their swim suits….Rude! : ) We putzed around for some time just touring Old Town, seeing all of the tourists shops, jewelry, clothes, all of the good stuff. Then we found a little restaurant in an alley way in Old Town. It was a little pricey and the food wasn’t fantastic. Then after that, we decided to just play it low key and to rest up for what was left of our great weekend, aka drinking wine back at our little hostel.
The following day, we found this great little beach right behind the Belleview Hotel! It was BEAUTIFUL! The water was crystal clear! Blue and green! Ughh it was really wonderful! It was so relaxing to just get the chance to relax and layout with such beautiful views in front of me. Speaking of views in front of me…some of the lady tourists visiting Dubrovnik felt highly comfortable displaying their breastsssss to the entire beach. HAHAHA Don’t worry, I didn’t jump on that European tourist band wagon!!!! So then once we had had enough of the beach and sun, we headed back to our humble abode to relax and then got ready to have dinner. We headed back to Old Town to get some yum yumms and found this great restaurant in between the fortress and the Old Town Wall. Again, we couldn’t escape the prices but it was worth it. So much so that we headed back there the following morning! I was especially more than thrilled that they had bloody mary’s on their menu. I haven’t had one in the longest of times! Needless to say it felt good to have the Americanized style menu. After dinner we strolled the walls of Old Town and we were hoping to be able to stroll the perimeter of the wall, but it was closed by the time we got there! So instead we once again window-shopped; and since I was getting a bit too much sun on my face I decided to buy this adorable little sun hat! Which I put to great use the following day when Bree and I found this great swim spot that actually looked out towards the spot we had been the day before! It was so cool, it was just rocks and cement platforms and it wasn’t overcrowded either, it was perfect! It was great to just get to hang with Bree and get in lots of swimming. All of the beaches and swim areas have sections of the water roped off for the swimmers, so at this little secluded place I got in some laps in the Adriatic Ocean!!
The following morning was when I headed back here to Tuzla… 9 hrs later… UGH god that was a terrible bus ride. However, it was kind of cool because I was pretty much traveling across Bosnia for the last time, so it was great to get to take it all in one last time.
It’s pretty crazy the things I have experienced in these past 8 weeks. Lots of culture, lots of great people who I have made great connections and friendships with; I’m so grateful to have had this experience.
Friday, we didn’t get much sleep, but that didn’t stop us from getting our butts to Old Town and checking out what the beaches looked like! Since we wanted to see Old Town, we followed the map to the very outskirts of Old Town, right outside the wall that marks the perimeter of the Old Town. It wasn’t a beach at all, to our surprise, but a cool swim spot! It was great to see so many different cultures in one place...and very interesting. Needless to say, the girls and I got more than our fair share of seeing adults and children dressing and undressing out of their swim suits….Rude! : ) We putzed around for some time just touring Old Town, seeing all of the tourists shops, jewelry, clothes, all of the good stuff. Then we found a little restaurant in an alley way in Old Town. It was a little pricey and the food wasn’t fantastic. Then after that, we decided to just play it low key and to rest up for what was left of our great weekend, aka drinking wine back at our little hostel.
The following day, we found this great little beach right behind the Belleview Hotel! It was BEAUTIFUL! The water was crystal clear! Blue and green! Ughh it was really wonderful! It was so relaxing to just get the chance to relax and layout with such beautiful views in front of me. Speaking of views in front of me…some of the lady tourists visiting Dubrovnik felt highly comfortable displaying their breastsssss to the entire beach. HAHAHA Don’t worry, I didn’t jump on that European tourist band wagon!!!! So then once we had had enough of the beach and sun, we headed back to our humble abode to relax and then got ready to have dinner. We headed back to Old Town to get some yum yumms and found this great restaurant in between the fortress and the Old Town Wall. Again, we couldn’t escape the prices but it was worth it. So much so that we headed back there the following morning! I was especially more than thrilled that they had bloody mary’s on their menu. I haven’t had one in the longest of times! Needless to say it felt good to have the Americanized style menu. After dinner we strolled the walls of Old Town and we were hoping to be able to stroll the perimeter of the wall, but it was closed by the time we got there! So instead we once again window-shopped; and since I was getting a bit too much sun on my face I decided to buy this adorable little sun hat! Which I put to great use the following day when Bree and I found this great swim spot that actually looked out towards the spot we had been the day before! It was so cool, it was just rocks and cement platforms and it wasn’t overcrowded either, it was perfect! It was great to just get to hang with Bree and get in lots of swimming. All of the beaches and swim areas have sections of the water roped off for the swimmers, so at this little secluded place I got in some laps in the Adriatic Ocean!!
The following morning was when I headed back here to Tuzla… 9 hrs later… UGH god that was a terrible bus ride. However, it was kind of cool because I was pretty much traveling across Bosnia for the last time, so it was great to get to take it all in one last time.
It’s pretty crazy the things I have experienced in these past 8 weeks. Lots of culture, lots of great people who I have made great connections and friendships with; I’m so grateful to have had this experience.
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