Adventures in BOSNIA: at the COAST in CROATIA

So on Sunday we went to the coast in Croatia for a few days. It was kinda interesting because we had to cross the boarder between Bosnia and Croatia 3 times. At the first stop the lady was nice and gave us stamps in our passports. Then after driving a ways we came to another border and went back into Bosnia. It was funny cuz at this border the guy didn't even stop us, he just waved us on. He actually looked kinda annoyed when we started to slow down. Then we drove for about 8 miles (the only 'sea-side' that Bosnia has) and came back to the Croatian border, where again we just drove on through (something you could never do at a U.S. border).

By the time we got to Orebić (which is on the tip of a peninsula) it was dark outside so we couldn't really see the Adriatic Sea. After we unloaded our things we took a ferry across the the island of Korčula... since the tourist season is over this place was basically dead. I swear we were like the only people walking around this town. We stopped in some seafood place for dinner and I decided that I would be adventurous so I ordered the "Small Fried Fish." That is exactly what it was. They brought me a plate full of little fish, and I had NOOOO idea how I was supposed to eat it. I figured they would normally eat them whole, but I wasn't too keen on the idea of doing that, so I started picking the meat off the bones. Now for some reason me trying to eat my dinner was pure entertainment for Petula and Allix. Then at one point out waiter came out and just stood at our table looking at me and judging by the look on his face he was probably thinking "this poor foreign girl, she doesn't even know how to eat fried fish!" He told me that they usually just pop the whole thing in their mouths - I guess frying them makes their bones easier to eat or something. I figured I may as well eat them the right way, and he stood there watching me eat the first few. It was actually really good... interesting but good.

On Monday we drove 2 hours to Dubrovnik (Petula is such a good mentor for taking us there!!!)... and OH MY GOODNESS IT WAS SOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! There is this wall that goes around the old town so we walked the wall. It was pretty cool cuz you got the best of both views - an amazing overhead of the city, and an amazing view of the sea (I have never seen anything like that btw, the water was so clear and so blue!!!). I really really liked Dubrovnik. We walked around town a bit after walking the wall, went to the Grotto (which is actually one of the oldest ones in Eastern Europe) and went to this cafe that is in the side of the wall looking out to the sea. Ahh, it was incredible!

On Tuesday we took the ferry back to Korčula so that we could see what it looked like during the day - so beautiful. I cannot get over the beauty of places here. And I absolutely love the history and being places that are so old - older than the United States! Things and places here are like straight out of a fairy tale.

Our drive back was interesting... we decided to take this one road that is supposed to be two-way, but seriously the road was big enough for like a car and a half. Then on top of that this road was going over mountains and around corners and all that fun stuff. Let's just say I was happy when we were finally off that road (2 hours later). We did however see some pretty cool stuff while we were driving - like Roman ruins. Then for dinner we stopped and got lamb on a spit and roasted potatoes. Yummy.

Now I know I probably wasn't as detailed as I usually am, so here are some pictures to help tell my story =)