Zdravo from CROATIA!!

Zdravo is how you say hello in Croatian!! :)  our ship got to port early.  we were not supposed to arrive until early this morning, but we made good time apparently and we were able to come into port at 2300.  by 0030 we were alongside Dubrovnik!  kyle and i went up to the 7th deck and watched the ship come in at night. so cool!! this is the only time we will probably be coming in at night, so it was cool to see.

Now i am headed to bed! breakfast at 0800 followed by diplomatic briefing at 0830, and then we are getting off the ship asap to explore the old town portion of Dubrovnik!! :) :) we are literally just going to wander around and see what we can see.  probably will walk all along the city walls.  that is supposed to be awesome.  a good hour and a half hike all the way around the city, but we will probably stop along the way for lunch and to take side roads to see what we can find.  so far thats pretty much what we do every where.  basically just get lost(ish) and see where it takes us! so much fun! being a pro map reader after canada helps too ;) haha!

Planning on going snorkeling and possibly kayaking the next day off of one of the islands?? still have to look into details on that one, but a group of our friends found a place that you can do both and get lunch for about 33 euros! totally sweet!

the third day we are planning a trip to Bosnia.  not really sure of the details there, but this is the only port we are actually allowed to leave the country we are docked in. So of course we want to take advantage of that!! haha

finally, the last day i have a service visit to a local orphanage and hospital from 0815 to 1300 that i am REALLY REALLY excited for! i think kyle is going to try and see if there is any space left that morning.  (for most SAS trips, you can go to the bus when it is supposed to leave and see if there is room to add in.  they said so far they have been able to accommodate all that have come, but this is the first service visit and the service visits are like liquid gold apparently for SASers so we will see!) when i get back from my SAS trip, i will have only a few hours before on ship time at 1800, so i will probably stay relatively close to the ship so as to avoid dock time. 


sounds pretty exciting huh?? :)

sorry i am being a slacker about italy posts!! still working on them.... slowly but surely!! :]