Dubrovnik or Bust

Hi all!

We left Croatia yesterday and now we’re Greece-bound.

I went to Montenegro on an SAS trip the day before we left, and it was so pretty! I don’t really know much about Montenegro (I probably should’ve listened to the tour guide instead of putting my headphones in on the drive there…), but it was pretty similar to Croatia, except the food in Croatia was better. Other than that, though, Montenegro was nice to see! 

When I got back from my trip to Montenegro, I met up with Brianna and Carmella in Dubrovnik for dinner. We went into Old Town again because it was the first night of their big summer festival. We found a cute restaurant by the harbor and watched fireworks as we ate. Our restaurant had tons of super cute waiters…but, as fate would have it, we got stuck with the one dud of the bunch. Thanks a lot, hostess lady.

After dinner, we wandered around and found a cool bar that sold drinks in BUCKETS! Cheap buckets! And you even got a glow stick with every drink purchase! Whoever came up with such a brilliant idea should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize or something. While we were there, we met some kids from Ireland who were equally enthralled with the bucket idea. It was kinda hard to understand their accents, but they smiled a lot and remembered our names, so they seemed like decent kids. 

After the bar, we headed to a club called Fuego, which was a lot of fun. As we were dancing, I saw Luis, the cute officer who gave us the bridge tour! To my dismay, he was already occupied with some scantily-clad chick. I must say, though, without the white uniform and the official-looking pins and badges, the intrigue just wasn’t there anymore, so I wasn’t quite as heartbroken as I would’ve been if I’d seen him in uniform.

After we left the club, we were all super hungry, so we stopped at a late-night, sub-par pizza joint. The Golden Crust of Croatia, anyone? Sadly, there was no buffalo chicken pizza to be had…but there were plenty of drunken messes hanging around. And there was even an awkward couple making out in the corner…strangely, though, our waiter was half of that couple. I’m all for young love and crap, but come on…I shouldn’t have to pull you away from kissing your girlfriend to order another soda. I guess that’s just how they do it in Croatia.

We spent our final day in Dubrovnik just walking around Old Town picking up souvenirs and whatnot. We had our last delicious Croatian meal and went to an internet café, where I got my usual Facebook fix and tried to get up-to-date on the most important current events…i.e. that Carrie Underwood finally married that cute hockey player. I spent the rest of the day bumming around and napping since I was exhausted.

Today, we had classes and in bio, we had to get into groups of three. Being the lucky girl that I am, I was with SAB #1. Heck yess. We had to simulate evolution using dry beans and utensils that our professor had stolen from the dining room (which is a big no-no since they have strict rules about taking ANYTHING out of the dining room). It sounds weird, but basically we had to use whatever utensil we’d been given to pick up as many beans as we could in 30 seconds to simulate how those who are given better tools or traits in life had it easier than others. I got a spoon, so I was golden. After a few rounds of evolution, SAB #1 and I got bored and slowly digressed into sword-fighting with our utensils instead. Real mature, I know.

One more day of classes until we get to Athens!