SATURDAY

8h30
hello, now I think it’s saturday, the day I start to head home. 35 hours in transit, Split to Zagreb to Trieste to Venice to Paris.
everyone else went out last night but I didn’t really feel compelled to do so – not to be judgemental but none of those people really caught my attention.
3 girls, california
2 boys, australia
Al, from the hotel, and his friend, who’s probably British or something.
WHERE’S MY STUPID BLACK PEN?
there is no reason for this page to be all red, and stand out from the others.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
(didn’t pay for last night yet and I secretly really hope I don’t have to...)

I COULD WRITE VOLUMES...

9h
Train leaves at 15h22
I have 6 hours to
pack
get reservations
--look on internet
--go to train station
eat
--cheaply!
get food to bring
--fruit from market
--bread
--cheez or s’thing?

also, enjoy the city more before heading back to STUPID reality.

10h10
will be on train from 15h22 - 20h47
--bring snacks?
eat dinnerstuff in Zagreb (2 1/2 hours)

be on train overnite - 23h22 (zagreb) - 5h03 (trieste)
--bring snacks
--try to charge the cost of this on card

be in Trieste 1 1/2 h - maybe have a small b'fast

THIS WILL BE ROUGH. Venice -> Paris 10hrs

have @ least 30 kn upon arrival in Zagreb.



21h30 SATURDAY
GOING HOME (BACK TO PARIS)

ITIN:
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
22h20 Split- Knin Gospil - 6h30 Zagreb
SUNDAY
7h50 Zagreb - 10h06 Ljubljana
10h28 Ljubljana - 14h21 Venezia
20h11 Venezia - 8h23 Paris (xxxx expensive xxxx boooo)

at the train station in Split. not going to miss this one.
did I mention that I missed the planned departure to Zagreb? that totally sucked, but ... I should have been more observant.
And looked at my ticket, at least.
..ah well.
ate dinner with Bryan and Pete, australians both traveling alone (until they ran into eachother in whatever city they were in last)
Pete is (was?) in the Australian army or whatever, Bryan is a lawyer (weird) and we hung out all day I think.
Dinner was excellent (54 kn) - gnocci with tomato sauce and mozeralla, baked, and some tasty focaccia (also, red wine)
sucks to be leaving croatia/vacation.
TERRIFIED OF REALITY.

Also met Cara, from California/been living in Melbourne, Australia. She has very long hair, and is traveling alone also. She was in that national park, Plid....whatever it's called, there are lakes there and stuff.
(shouldn'a gone to Dubrovnik?)
we hung out for a while today, it was cool, I hung around and watched as she bought vegetables from the market - lettuce, mushrooms, carrots, a zucchini, other things.. then picked up 2 oranges, a strawberry, chives.. off the ground. I took a picture of her.

going to look for bathroom @ bus station.

by the way, never paid for second night at the hostel. I feel bad, but it makes things a lot easier. i.e., dinner. have something like 90 kuna. also got some $ (kn) back from ticket refund, since I missed the bus to my train and all (minus 10 1/2)

CURRENCY (CASH)
50 kn + 5.95 kn (coins)
510 SIT
25 euro

22h55
on the train - 3 kids from Paris (Rudy Andre and Guillaume), 1 from Turkey, one from Poland, one from Lisbon, Portugal. they seem nice, the girls are kind of crazy and excited, it is fun to speak french to the ones that know it (the Parisians)
well......headed towards Paris....

00h30
yup. train. moved to my own compartment to be more comfortable. it is great to have the window open, though some rain comes in and so does some exhaust (the latter of which is significantly unpleasant)
I love the sensations of movement - acceleration, uphill/downhill, turning right or left..