7h30, the next day,
last night - ate ice cream, tried to call nick.. I forget what else. wandered around. Then got tired & went to seep.
Kind of wish I was at a hostel so I could meet people, and also pay a lot less.
When I leave here today I'm supposed to pay for tonight. I'd like to leave here, look for somewhere else to do, and then pay for tonight if I can't find somewhere else.
OH accept it. explore around - find out about excursions and day trips - mountain bike rental, kayak rental?? different boats & buses to different places & islands..
I didn't take (stomach) medicine yesterday -- didn't feel sick.
9h45
In Ljubljana J & M talked about a Croatian island they visited. The most beautiful island they had ever been to! more beautiful than anywhere in Croatia! an no one else goes there - and the people who do only go there for a short time. Those people don't understand why J & M liked it so much & stayed so long - there's nothing to do!
Oh, by the way, it is infested with huge tarantulas! Also, it is hot & dry & sandy and hardly anything grows. It is like a desert! And oh, so beautiful.
That kind of sums up the two of them for me. They see a different kind of beauty.
observations
Cat hunched over small bloody fish on staircase
Complimentary apple
fingers dyed ripe-strawberry-red
oh my god, I am in Croatia
ancient city walls
unspeakably ancient sun
a new kind of fresh bread, a familiar cheese, a bottle of tap water
and ant superhighway along wire along old wall
A lizard! way down there, from way up here! another, now!
francophones
musicians climbing an enticing staircase, through a heavy door
a green heinekin bottle floating vertically in the clear water, over a bed of smooth pale stones & deep green seaweed - almost picturesque.
I stopped and stared.
The label floats, sinks, tumbles, floats in the gentle waves several meters away. Somehow not quite as picturesque.
SEA KAYAKS
places only accessible in small boats
secluded beaches
sitting ..... living .....
??h
On the wall of a staircase climbing up above a small harbor - younger kid below me rolling a joint, 4 older ones smoking one above me
People also smoking on the ferry. Twice I saw it.
Interesting, ..... vaguely.
I ate mussel risotto for dinner! wow, it was awful. half-way through I thought about mussels, on rocks, in the ocean and all.. they kind of lost their appeal. All they taste like is the ocean and that turned me off for some reaeson. (though I am presently considering oysters - raw) maybe it is because they were hot, and chewy, I don't know, but I just couldn't eat any more mussels. I are most of the risotto, which was really just rice, and also not cooked all the way. oh well. it was huge, cheap.
I hate the color of the lights they use to illuminate the city at night. it's so harsh and ugly.
There are 2 churces in the old town with clocks that strike the hour. one is 5 minutes behind the other. why?
The clock on the orthodox church strikes for noon. In a square nearby, at an outdoor cafe, next to a fresh produce market, next to a statue of someone Important. Suddenly, reflexively, 200 pigeons take flight, circling panickedly over the square. The wind picks up. A little brown-haired girl in a dress shrieks and runs towards the pigeons as they take off. A woman screams.
Things settle a bit, the woman rushes to safety, the girl dances about in delight, everyone looks up.
A man throws a basketful of grain on the ground amongst the pigeons there. Another man, a tourist, takes photographs.
I sit as the cafe with an espresso and full stomach, studying a Croatian phrasebook.
my accent shifts like high-speed clouds.......
17h
SEA KAYAKING <3 <3 <3
made the risky decision to see what it's like to take out a sea kayak alone in an unfamiliar place with effectively no experience in this type of endeavor.
left Dubrovnik around 15h, now it's 2 hours later and I am sitting on top of a white rock, full of cracks, holes (small ones, like bubbles), and premium places to get easily cut without even noticing.
The sun is shining through the haze
I feel good , like this is what I came on vacation for.
I am a little big cold but this is so fantastico. or , as I can say in probably very poor Croatian, "ja volim!" ("I LIKE!")
19h45
fantastically exhausted
figure out what to do next! where did I write down the bus sched. to Split?
21h30
put on dry clothes. bought phone card. called nick. made list of things to do.
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