croatia has made me sooo lazyyyyyy.
backtracking, ended up having a pretty decent time in naples minus the harassment and groping. went on a day trip to capri with "i texas texas" scott which was full of posh people and posh things. highlight was our little venture into the magical blue grotto. it felt very disneyland, had to queue up to pay 10 euro to lie in a rowboat cause the entrance to the cave was soooo low. had a good view of our 'captain's ass as he got us through the entrance. inside its totally cool, something to do with light refraction or something so the water is all lit up bright blue. we hadnt seen a photo of the grotto so didnt know what to expect so was extra magical. best 10 euro spent for 2 minutes of fun ever!
5th night in naples, ended up in a piazza with a bunch of people from the hostel where there was us and like 70 possible mafia guys drinking and smoking joints while leaning up against their vespas quasi staring at us. the thrill of being out on the town in dangerous naples.
then it was 2 trains to bari which got there at 2 but no ferry til 10 pm so that was a bit shit. when i saw my overnight ferry i was kinda like, oommggareyoufuckingserious. it was absolutely tiny! like a mere fraction of the size of a bc ferry. but once on it it was quite alright i was pretty lucky to have a bunk and was absolutely infatuated with the fact that the cabin had carpet. i also got a shower which was very exciting. i dont know what that means when carpet and showering is super exciting.
got into dubrovnik by 7 am, then accompanied by noam, of vancouver who looks just like frew, and spent the next 2 days getting nice and burnt on the beach. at this point i must say for anyone going to croatia, beaches here are rocky so not exactly comfortable to sprawl out on for hours but the water is gorgeous. and prices arent low, its all about the same as italy which was a bit disappointing but what can you do. finally by the last day, made it to the old city which is very nice and walked around the top of the walls surrounding it. met dutchie valentijn in my hostel the day before i was leaving without knowing where i was leaving to. he said there was a ferry the next day to hvar, so off to hvar i went.
hvar's tiny but lovely and lounged around for a few nights there. our hostel was basically up on what i would consider a mountain so im thinking my legs are probably mighty and muscly by now. some good times in hvar, though it was pretty quiet i guess cause its not quite high season yet, one night of which i had zero sleep thanks to the boys in the hostel and an evening started off on wine and my smirnoff in a powerade bottle, classy classy.
now in split, we went to the diocletian's palace where the old city which is all like shops and restaurants and stuff is basically built in the palace grounds i guess. anyway me and valentijn didnt know that so we went in and saw that we needed tickets for the basement and asked the guy how we get tickets for the upstairs...he thought we were total retards.
will be off on a train to zagreb tomorrow morning and then will hopefully be off to budapest by the next day. these lovely quebecois girls i met in dubrovnik had a return train ticket to budapest they didnt need and gave it to me so hopefully i can use it and will soon be in hungary, land of....i dont know. hungarians.
