Jazz in the Park

Every Wednesday there's a outdoor concert at Stafford Park in Redwood City. People have it down to a science. They bring their dinner (some BBQ, sandwiches, pizza), camping chairs and sit out on the lawn to hear the music. Last night we went down there, the Doherty's were in town and it was good to see them. A good evening with good weather.

Monday June 13th-London

My vacation was in Croatia, but I got a little bonus of stopping in London on the way home. I definately didn't get enough time there, but I know I'll make it back. I decided to ride the tube (underground subway) to the airport instead of taking the very very expensive taxi I did on the way to the hostel. I'm excited to come back and explore.

Sunday July 12th- London

After a cheese omlette I headed off to the airport with one of the girls I met on the trip towards London. I had to have a layover in Frankfurt, a much better option for a layover than Vienna. When I got to London I found out my bags were put on a later flight for some reason. All I really wanted to do was take a shower, but would have to wait until my bags got delivered to my hostel. After checking into my hostel I walked around Regent Park. There was a lot of families out, the weather was chilly and even sprinkled a bit, but it was a nice time.

Friday July 11th-Back in Split

This morning we all got off the boat at about 8:30, each of us looking for our hostels with plans to meet up in the afternoon. My lips were very badly chapped and bleeding so I was trying to stay out of the sun so they didn't get any worse. We met up to go out to a lookout point and then out to dinner. Split was a lot busier today than it was last week. The vacation season really in full swing. My hostel was a lot quieter than that first night. I would even go back.

Friday July 10th-Omis and rafting

Today we got off the boat pretty early to lay on the beach. I layed out on the grass in the shade. We then got our stuff together to go rafting. Many of us were nervous for the rafting, but it turned out to be not that big of a deal at all. I'd say a class 2 or something. We basically rolled down the river and came to a couple of very rocky bumps. It was a good long ride and didn't get back to Split until 6 or so. When we got to Split we changed and then went to a couple of places to hang out. It was weird that our time on the boat basically had ended.

Thursday July9th-Markaska

Today we had a much smoother ride to Markaska. After lunch we got off the boat to head for the beach. The captain of our boat said that it was the best beach in Croatia. When we got their we realized that the captain wasn't the only one with that opinion. It was wall to wall people and no sand. We layed in the shade for a while and walked through the markets.. looking for something to wear for our pirate party. Some of us went to a really slow restaurant and then went out to a cave place where again 2:00 seemed a lot like 10 or 11.

Wednesday July 8th-Miljet

Today was the first really rocky day.It looked like we could have been in a movie. I think at one point we were vertical. A couple of hours past though and we were good to go. When we got on land some of us rented bikes and biked through camp grounds. Halfway through our journey we stopped and swam in a warm salt water lake. Our ending point was a great view of the Adriatic Sea. Today reminded me of days camping, riding bikes on warm weather vacation. Another great day.