Waking up to such an amazing view was so unreal! We sat outside for breakfast as we waited to clear the port for entry and I've never seen such beautiful scenery as Croatia!! Once we were cleared the GradPack Seahort headed out to go visit the American College of Management and Technology (a branch campus of Rochester or RIT). It was great to see that there are some opportunities for student affairs professionals to branch out through these branch campuses :) It was a great visit and a neat opportunity to learn how the US and Croatia worked together to get students a dual degree in both countries :) Latter in the evening Melissa, Chris, Ryan, Mike, and I headed out on a search for evening kayaking. We met a guy who’s name sounded like a fruit :) he gave us a good deal and we headed out for a 2 hour kayaking trip! Our first stop was to jump off some cliffs... I did not participate here. Instead Ryan and I continued on to see more views and we met up with everyone in between Dubrovnik and an island. Our goal was to find a great spot to watch the sun set and we succeeded!!! We parked our kayaks and climbed up the island rocks and watched the sun set behind Croatia. With the cool colors in the sky and the sun's reflection seeping into the ocean I could not have imagined a more beautiful setting!!! Afterwards we continued on with an attempt to go around the island and discovered a small cave!! I was soo excited! We took some pictures and hung out and slowly headed back to return the kayaks :)
On our journey back Chris brought up the idea of heading out to Montenegro the next day... so we did! Melissa, Chris, Shametrius, and I headed out after breakfast to check out prices to take the bus... it was a bit high! So, as graduate students and staff we took advantage of being able to rent a vehicle and jammed to a mix of Croatian and 80-90's American top hits :) it was a fantastic road trip!!!! We got our passports stamped 3 times and t to soak in even more amazing views of Montenegro! We had a pit stop at a local beach and headed back just in time for dinner :)
The next day I headed out with one of the other LLCs, Kari, to explore :) we ran into one of the nurses on the ship who actually knew the language! We decided to follow her to Lapad where we found a FAANTASTIC beach! :) y'all have to see how clear this water was!!! Here, we found our own private little lagoon (idk how else to say it) to put our things at as we swam in this amazingly refreshing water!! it was simply relaxing! Latter, Kari and I headed out to Old Town (Dubrovnik) to walk the glossy streets :) We ran into Tracy and Drew there and had the most delicious Croatian meal!!! :) Can you believe!! I ate grilled baby octopus!!!!! It was soooo good!! we also shared this amazing fish bowl with all kinds of sea food: fish, shrimp, muscles, SQUID, and a few other things :) it was fabulous!!! As we headed back we did a little shopping. On our walk back we got to watch the beautiful full moon reflect two places! once right below it and it's reflection path :) sooo gorgeous!!
Our final day, we headed out to go walk the wall :) It was very hot and long but it was grat to see all the views and walk on the history of Croatia! Since we wee all ubber hot we made our way to Boza and I finally jumped off the cliffs into the very forgiving waters of the Adriatic Sea!!! That concluded our adventures in Croatia but I boarded the ship for Gangway Dutie and said my good byes... but I was still very much looking forward to Greece!!! :)
Sea yah latter!
Jenni
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