Saturday, 25th September is a date we will always remember as the day we left Italy, safe in the knowledge we shall never return! We started off the day by packing up a wet orning, as the rain did not stop coming down - even when we were leaving! When we finally did leave, we went to a town that had a launderette, which we needed badly because all of the clothes we washed on the Friday smelt musty because they didn't dry properly. We spent about an hour and a 1/2 in there, but we finally had clean clothes! While we were doing that, daddy went to buy a internet dongle because he was sick of no WIFI. €49 gone, but eternal WIFI! We had another kebab for lunch (our new favourite!) and drove to the ferry port! We had booked a ticket for an overnight ferry to Croatia that evening, but our cabin had no shower or toilet! It was actually quite scary, because we got on the ship and it looked exactly like Titanic! It was really scary, and because we booked last minute, our cabin was above the bottom floor - if not on the bottom. I felt really sick that night, but I was fine and got to sleep quite quickly. We got woken up at 6am, and I only got 7 hours sleep because we were watching a movie! So when we got off the ferry and into Croatia, I slept most of the time! We were welcomed to Croatia with heavy rain which wasn't very pleasant. We actually had to drive up lots of mountains, and the rain was so bad we could hardly see anything. It was quite scary, so we went slowly!
We arrived in a town called Makarska, I think, and we found an apartment as we didn't want to camp in the rain. It was a great apartment, not only did it have a shower and toilet, it also had an oven! We had fish fingers and potatoes the first night! It was great!
It turned quite sunny and hot in the afternoon of the Sunday, so we went to the beach which was about a 5 minute walk down the road. It was a pebbly beach and the sea was very calm and clear with massive mountains surrounding the coast! When we went into the water, it was really warm and there were fish swimming around our feet! We were scared first, but then we brought 2 snorkels and went snorkeling and saw loads of fish. There was also a massive drop off about 7 - 8 meters from the shore. If you've watched 'Finding Nemo', it's just like the drop off in that film. You couldn't see the bottom, and me and daddy floated over it, but we didn't stay for long because it was so scary. Me and Beth went snorkeling up and down the beach, and about 30 different fish followed us, it was so sweet.
We ended up staying in the apartment for 2 nights, and on the Monday, we did about 3 solid hours of school work, I did it on English. The best thing about having to do the work was that we got to go to the beach in the afternoon to do some more snorkeling. But it started raining, so we didn't stay for too long! We did buy some souvenirs on the way back to the apartment, and the main things brought were clackers. Some of you might know what they are and could possibly have a pair, but if you don't, clackers are two plastic balls on a piece of string connected to a metal ring. The string is split into 2 with one ball on each end and you hold the ring and move your hand up and down to make the balls 'clack' together. If you practice, you can learn to take the balls over your hand for the balls to clack up and down. It's easier to work it out if you have a pair! We treated ourselves to a proper roast dinner on Monday night, and it was lovely! We had chicken, potatoes, carrots, courgettes and for pudding we had ice cream. We counted that as our Christmas dinner for this year. It was very tasty, and we savoured every bite. For any one who knows Beth is a veggie, she had an egg. Just so you're not worrying!
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