Split

When I showed Pearse pictures of the hike, he wanted to do it as well. I agreed and thought it would be a nicer day to do it then yesterday. We had a bit of a late start, so we popped into a burrito place for lunch. It was really cheap and really good. We agreed we'd go buy some sunscreen, check out a beach, and go do the hike. We really should have reversed the order of the last two. We did great by getting sunscreen and a bottle of beer first. We just got the half liter, not the absolutely insane 2l bottle. We will put that in our back pocket for another time. When we were walking to the beach, we found a bit of a cliff that was climbable. Some people know us as mountain goats, actually. We took a few awesome pictures and decided to just "look at the beach." What a joke the second we saw the water we were sold. No hike for us. I love the picture of us lying down with the beers because we just got to the beach, and we were just laughing. We weren't even saying anything or joking around it was just staright happiness. The only shitty part was neither of us had a towel, so we were lying on these really chalky pebbles that turned our shit white. It was worth it, beautiful water, women, and mountains lol. We went for a little swim, and when i came back out, I was freezing. The water was a little cold for sure. I laid on the beach to dry off and shut my eyes. After a few minutes of being too comfortable, I sat up and said to pearse "shit I almost fell asleep." He just looked at me with confusion and said, "What do you mean? You were out." I guess I was too comfy and didn't even know. We stayed there almost all day but skipped the sunset. We were starving at this point, so we started the hour long walk back to split for dinner. We went to a bistro right across the street from our hostel that we get 10% off at because they have a deal with the hostel. We both got this delicious authentic Dalmatian meal. It was braised beef in a sweet wine sauce with potatoes. I couldn't ask for a better meal than beef and potatoes. While eating, I noticed a lizard run across the restaurant wall. The lizards in Capri might have been too fast for me, but these little guys weren't. I snagged one after we had dessert. I was not expecting to actually get him because he was hiding in a tree that was growing out of the wall of the restaurant. I was so excited after I caught him that my entire body was shaking. It made my day. Seconds after that, we looked at the time and realized we were about to miss the start of the pub crawl we wanted to do. It only ran on Friday and Saturday, so this was our last chance to do one in Split. We ran into the hostel and asked if we could still make it, and the lady said they would leave the first bar at 930. We both had 2 minute showers got dressed, and ran to the bar. We made it at 927, enough time for our welcome shot, a very heavy free poured cocktail, and we stole two more of the free welcome shots lol. We pretty much coasted off that for the rest of the night until the club. It was a pretty typical pub crawl 3 bars and free entry to a nightclub. Somewhere along the way, I got the Netherlands flag painted on my face for Kings Day. I don't think there's a picture of it anywhere, but it made the fit way better. Anyways, Pearse and I pulled the most greasy move in the club. The club was way too full, so we were looking for a tiny bit of space to stand and dance with our new friend. This is when we saw a standing table with nobody there. We sussed it out and made it ours for 5 minutes. On this table, there were 6 untouched beers and two full bottles of Jameson on ice. We exchanged a look and grabbed a beer each, poured a shot of Jameson into each other's mouths before pouring a double shot into each of our glasses. Pretty soon after the free shots of Jameson two guys saw us loitering around the table and said what the fuck man. Like the little rats we are, we squeezed through the crowd and disappeared still with their beers in hand. I didn't think I was proud of this, but as I'm writing it on the plane, I'm chuckling to myself. It's stupid but a really funny memory. We walked back to the hostel at 4 am. We probably could have been a little quieter in the room. Like not playing tiktoks without headphones, Pearse. He was asked at 430 to please turn his videos off lol. Our first full day in Croatia was an absolute success.Read more