Part 3

On July 1st, I went to Croatia with Monika and Jan... They drove and I slept in the back... On the way to Zadar (well sort of out of the way), we stopped in Triest for dinner. The pizza was great... then we couldn't find a place to sleep in Italy and ended up staying at a hotel in Slovenia... Then we drove down the coast of Croatia, which was beautiful, and stopped off at a few different beaches. We stayed almost a whole week in the city of Zadar - swimming, eating, checking out the scenic views... Most of what I remember of the sites is that some of the buildings are VERY old - like from the 9th-13th century - and that they had a sea organ. The sea organ - meaning an organ played by the sea - was really creepy and Monika and I sat on it, looking out at the dark water, making up creepy stories about monsters and dead villagers and pirates! Good times! We also snuck into the Garden Festival (a music festival held out on the beach), where we danced and partied... Monika dared me to dance with some guy for 8 Euros and I did it... only, I told him about the dare, so my reward was diminished to 5... I have a tan.

For accommodations, we stayed at this crazy old man's house (Jan's neighbor in Vienna). He didn't speak any English, so I had fun trying to communicate with him... we spent some time pointing at objects in the house and saying the English and German word for each of them... I think Jan and Monika have more funny things to say about him, as they could understand everything he said...

(This beach was actually kind of scary, so I had a personal photo shoot while Monika and Jan went in the water...)

(Nice scenery!)

(From the 9th Century!!!!!)

(Monika beach scene)