dubrovnik round two

well I'm back in dubrovnik which, after an accidental over-night bus ride, quite nice. particularly because i was able to get liam about of bed at 4am and then lucy arrived in the afternoon.

mostar was great fun, in the end i met an incredibly cool girl with the most interesting of backgrounds; born in the u.s.a, grew up in turkey and now studying physics at stanford (though you wouldn't pick it from her bohemian visage). had a couple of lovely beers down by the river next to the beautiful old bridge (which was destroyed during the war and then rebuilt and re-opened recently) and chatted away the evening discussing topics from philosophy to frustrating mobile phone behaviour. in the end i was deeply regretting opting for the 12:30am busride because several more beers and some more quality conversation would have gone down a treat - not to mention sleeping in a bed rather than sitting uncomfortably on a bus all evening.

we are off to the beach now, and then to the island hvar before heading to the island vis. general plan is to spend the next 5days in croatia, then go to slovenia and on to budapest. a much travelled route by the people i have met so far so i am looking forward to doing it with my new travelling mates

gelato now!

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