Saturday, June 19, 2010

And I am back!

Croatia was just spectacular. I have a couple video blogs I will post, including one of me in the forest pretty lost hahaha.

First person I met on my voyage was a South African 11 year old who was visiting Croatia. Damian was a great kid, and his parents were just as awesome! Walked around the city walls with them, it was great meeting them :).

The next day I took a boat to Mljet, met some Spanish couples travelling, had a great talk, pretty funny because we were discussing how they left their kids at home and I left my parents at home :P. Made me miss Panama a lot, the island was very similar. Saw them again on the flight back to Barcelona! It was awesome!

Then I took a 12 hour bus ride to the Plitvice National Park :D. I met two Canadians upon arrival there, really cool people, travelling until they ran out of money :) So awesome. cheers to them.

Plitvice really changed me, I stayed with a great guy who talked to me about the Croatian war, gave me a home (as opposed to house) and really really shaped my experience in Croatia. I have no words bu thank you Ivica Luketic! I will definitely try to come back and visit!!

On the way back from Plitvice I met some girl from Minnesota who had come originally to Prague to play some instrument and she came in the summers. She played for churches and many a time in concerts, with other people, it was just awesome how music had transformed her life even though she had majored in Math. Taught her some tricks with the Rubik's cube, all in good fun :).

On the flight back to Barcelona, I met two Finnish girls (Helly and Taina) who taught me some Finnish and we talked a lot. I wish I would have had an apartment in Barcelona and not my dorm so that I oculd have offered them a place to stay since they decided to just chill at the airport and wait until the morning to find hostals. I hate that Onix regulates and watches who comes in. I didn't want to take the risk of getting charged like 200 euros for guests, which is just bullshit. But they were great girls, probably see them around Barcelona at some point. One of them had done some sailing and just randomly helped out a sailor and went all the way to Africa sailing. She went for over two weeks, it just sounded awesome!

I think I might join a sail trip at some point in my life :). I must say, travelling alone definitely has its benefits. I have met the coolest group of people... I can't wait for Egypt! One of my school friends turns out will be in Cairo too, which is so awesome!

I'll post the video blogs at some point, cheers,
Daniel.

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