If you look to your left you will see Croatia...if you look to your right you will see Croatia.

Lets put it this way... Croatia wasn't just good. It wasn't mediocre. It was freaking AMAZING!!! :) With the car fixed, Marta and I split from Bled and headed to the Venice airport to retrieve our holiday companions, Mathias and Hana. We were a bit late to our rendezvous due to the auto situation in Bled, but Hana and Mathias were extremely forgiving, due to the fact that Hana actually got out of "cube land" (she works hard!) and Mathias was looking forward to fulfilling our plans to snorkel all week long.

We turned our newly overhauled auto toward Croatia and headed for the coast. The first night was a little rough and I was such a baby. I was extremely exhausted from the long drive and the weight of the ambiguity of our not-so-trusty Volkswagen Bora. Anyway, back to me being a baby... Our hotel kinda kicked my ass that night. The room was about 91 degrees and sweat was rolling down my face. Just as I would start to drift off, a semi-truck would come barreling down the highway that happened to be about 20 feet from our room. Jake-break and all, I was screwed in the sleep department that night. Marta, of course, was sound asleep.

The next morning we continued down the coast to Zadar, and our luck was about to change. It took Hana and Marta about 15 minutes to land us the greatest deal you could imagine on an apartment for the week. Through Hana's determination not to be had with the information lady we landed a cozy two bedroom apartment for next to nothing.

The next few days were filled with snorkeling, sunbathing, cruises, visiting national parks and eating a plethora off exotic sea food dishes. I had no clue that Mathias could eat so much! That boy can really put it away! We were really coming close to the living out the definition of the word "relax". We could not have asked for better travel companions than Hana and Mathias. You could always count on them for good conversation and many laughs. Mathias is freaking hilarious and had me rolling often. Leaving Croatia was a bit of a struggle, but we were all satisfied with our time spent in paradise.