Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite
The next morning we grabbed our stuff, got the rental car, and hit the road with a GPS system this time, in case the Croatians decided they did not want to finish any roads we might want to take like the Spanish!
We made it to Zadar in 2 or 3 hours and settled into our shady looking hostel, which I think was army barricks before.
We wandered around the small town and saw the sea organ which was so cool! I have to post the video I took when I get back!
The sea organ plays random notes throughout the day depending on how the sea hits and it sounds so cool!
After that we decided to treat ourselves to a real meal since the Croatian Kuna is
.20 cents to the American Dollar (Sweeet!)
So finally, in a country known for great seafood, I decided to get a salmon filet and vegetables..yum. Such a good dinner and made me feel better from the unreal amount of carbs we have been eating in Europe.
Side rant--all they eat in Europe is bread! It is ridic!!
So we hang out around town and are pretty worn out from a few straight days of travel. We shower (no hot water, only solid freezing in Croatia...seriously.) and go to bed.
J and I have our sleeper sacks and E doesn't, so she just uses the sheets given. She wakes up to a mosquito in her ear, freaks, and gets up at 5:30AM because she cannot sleep. We eat our "free breakfast" of a piece of bread and marmalade and pack our stuff.
Slowly E realizes she has small bit marks up and down her legs and arms, and counts almost 57 bites. They cannot be all from one mosquito...and J realizes, oh god, you got bed bugs. gross.
The place was crappy and E has bed bugs all up and down her body! We stopped for creams and luckily they are swelling down, but let me give the girl props...she is covered in bits and holds her head high! A little cover-up and some long pants, and she is good to go!
Just remember people, BRING A SLEEPER SACK!!! You never know what lurks in your bed!
We made it to Zadar in 2 or 3 hours and settled into our shady looking hostel, which I think was army barricks before.
We wandered around the small town and saw the sea organ which was so cool! I have to post the video I took when I get back!
The sea organ plays random notes throughout the day depending on how the sea hits and it sounds so cool!
After that we decided to treat ourselves to a real meal since the Croatian Kuna is
.20 cents to the American Dollar (Sweeet!)
So finally, in a country known for great seafood, I decided to get a salmon filet and vegetables..yum. Such a good dinner and made me feel better from the unreal amount of carbs we have been eating in Europe.
Side rant--all they eat in Europe is bread! It is ridic!!
So we hang out around town and are pretty worn out from a few straight days of travel. We shower (no hot water, only solid freezing in Croatia...seriously.) and go to bed.
J and I have our sleeper sacks and E doesn't, so she just uses the sheets given. She wakes up to a mosquito in her ear, freaks, and gets up at 5:30AM because she cannot sleep. We eat our "free breakfast" of a piece of bread and marmalade and pack our stuff.
Slowly E realizes she has small bit marks up and down her legs and arms, and counts almost 57 bites. They cannot be all from one mosquito...and J realizes, oh god, you got bed bugs. gross.
The place was crappy and E has bed bugs all up and down her body! We stopped for creams and luckily they are swelling down, but let me give the girl props...she is covered in bits and holds her head high! A little cover-up and some long pants, and she is good to go!
Just remember people, BRING A SLEEPER SACK!!! You never know what lurks in your bed!
posted by Deirdre at 4:48 PM
1 Comments:
you are living large, girl! I looked up zadar--it looks gorgeous! maybe we should move there, we'd be rich! poor e, too bad her mother didn't tell her about sleeper sacks!
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