Budapest to Split

It was a looooongggg night. I have no sleep from yesterday, and I got no sleep on the bus today. My first bus was about 5 hours from Budapest to Zagreb Croatia. I had a 15-minute layover at 6 am. I had to find my platform while trying to add more data to my esim. I must have looked like a zombie walking around, but that's okay because I completed both tasks successfully. I was on the website buying more data on 1 bar of the free wifi, so I didn't want to move, and the bus drivers were definitely yelling at me to get on the bus. I delayed the bus by two minutes, but I think everyone survived. I wasn't going another 5 hours with no reception at all. The second bus was better than the first one because I had nobody sitting next to me or on the other side of the aisle. So I laid down and took up all four seats lol. I still didn't manage any sleep, but at least I was somewhat comfy. We finally got to split at almost 1100, so I had some time to kill before I checked into my hostel. I haven't booked yet lol. Everything is always better last minute. So I went to a cafe and ordered a coffee and a beer while I searched for hostels. I'm meeting back up with Pearse today, but his flight is arriving at almost 9 pm. When he had some time, he gave me a call, and we agreed on a hostel. It was still a little too early to check in, so I walked down the beach with my backpacks on and just explored the area a little. It was warm and sunny out so it was really nice because we haven't had good weather since Venice so it's been a little while. I rocked up to the hostel and checked in. It's a really small hostel with only 4 rooms and a kitchen but it seemed really nice. The lady at the front desk gave me lots of recommendations for everything to do it split. She told me about a hike so I decided to do it because it was nice out the hike seemed fun. Sleep is the cousin of death, I don't need it. As soon as I entered the park it started pouring rain on me. I still can't escape the rain. Rains never hurt anybody, though, so I decided to do it. It was absolutely worth it. I didn't count, but after I finished, the lady at the desk told me there were 814 stairs on the trail. A decent amount. At the top, there is a huge cross looking over the city as well as a huge Croatian flag. I read a fact at the top that they removed the cross during WWII because they didn't want the sight to be a point of interest in the war and get bombed. Of course, I had to stop and look at some of the little critters. I tried taking a cool video of this little miliepede I saw, but I accidentally flipped the camera to my lega, so dont mind me lol. The top is the highest point of the city, so I got a full 360 view of the city. The city is surrounded by mountains on one side and the ocean on the other. The view would have been nicer if it was still sunny out, but I was still happy I did it. On the way down, I took a different route to avoid all the stairs the way I went. It took me to the smallest church I've seen. It was built in 1250. It was pretty random, but it made a nice picture. Shortly after that, I ran into a bar with a really nice view over the city. The rain went away just in time as well. I was so wet and cold, though I ordered a drink and sat outside shaking. I asked a guy to take my picture. I'm thankful he did, but he was standing on a ledge, so my hat looks a little goofy over my face. When I left and got lower into the city and more into the sunlight, I started to warm up a lot, so I just kept walking and looking around. I found a restaurant to sit and chill at. I ordered chicken with gorgenzola sauce, and it was so good. While I was sitting, I spoke to dad on the phone for a little while and had a nice conversation with him. When Pearse landed, I grabbed us a 6 pack and went back to the hostel where we met up. We ended up just sitting on the balcony telling each other about what we did for the last few days. There was a thunderstorm way off in the distance, I guess it moved pretty quickly because it started hailing on us lol. We took that as a sign to go to bed and have a sort of early night.Read more