Croatia Day Two!

Woke up super early today. 6am! Ate some breakfast and headed out to the bus to make our tour. Joe and Susie were our group leaders so it was nice to see them and the Gellespies were there also. We started out with a bus ride to the city of Tresteno where we visited the Botanical Gardens that were there. They were intense. There was a little fountain in the middle and an awesome sea view. It was nice. Not too long of a visit, but nice. We hung out with our friend Matt who we’d gone to the beach with the other day. Next stop was Ston, a little further down the road. We saw the salt fields here. Basically, they drain ocean water into these little fields and wait for the water to evaporate. Then they collect the salt and sell it off.
Quick visit. Short stop.
We were on to Korcula (said Core-chu-la, with the emphasis on Core). We toured a church, a museum (James bought a watch during this time, a nice one) and then finally had lunch. It was a lot of fish, a lot of seafood, a bit of coke, and some pretty nice cake there at the end. Afterwards, James, Matt, Yulia, and I went off and found a little rock beach off of a battlement. It took us awhile to find, but we found one that the locals were at as well, so we felt good about it. The water was freezing! But at the same time it was amazing. The water is so clear, you can see to the bottom no matter how far you go out. It’s unbelievably salty, so you can float no problem. You don’t want to touch the black crustaceans, but it’s no big (hopefully, knock on wood) as you can generally see to the bottom anyway.
We were floatin out there, just looking around when it really hit us. We’re swimming in the Adriatic Sea…we’re in the freaking Mediterranean Sea, swimming on an island off Croatia in the bluest, clearest water I’ve ever seen. It was an intense moment.
We meet right after to take the ferry back. The bus ride was two hours and when we got back we grabbed some dinner on the ship. Then we really have taken it easy for the rest of the night. We watched The Last Samurai, which was good and caught up on some stuff. I had some serious blogging to do, so I’m all caught up at this point. Croatia is incredible so far! Ready for tomorrow and Montenegro.