Our second day in Croatia, Jill had another SAS trip and so Steph and I went to lunch on our own. We found this fantastic restaurant (the first place we spotted) and I had lentil soup and we shared a cheese plate. We each had a beer and she had something I cannot remember, as it was five days ago, and our bill was just thirty-two dollars! Much better than the night before. After lunch we went to an internet café near the ship for about an hour and then headed back to meet Jill for our already planned trip to Bosnia. We were tendering, which means that the ship was anchored off-shore and we were taking our life boats to and from shore (they only left about every half hour). We were packed and ready and waiting for Jill until 4:45 PM. Her trip ended at 4, however her bus was late and because of tendering she could not make it to the ship for another half hour. Unfortunately, the last bus to Bosnia was at 5:15 PM and we couldn’t get to shore until about 5:20, so although it was comical to watch us pitch a fit with the crew members for taking too long and sprinting to the bus station with all of our luggage, we missed our bus. We had to give up our hotel and the 50 euro it cost and settle in for the night.
We spent about three hours being angry at the world and then decided to go to dinner in Old City and then go out to a bar or club (I asked “please no club”). DrewAnd joined us for pizza and beers in a little alleyway Italian spot where the pizza was delicious and the service was friendly. We then made our way across the Old City to EastWest, a bar which has no cover fee until midnight; we arrived at 12:01 and were denied entrance unless we forked over 50 kuna (about $9.50). We nixed that idea and headed over to the nightclub (sigh) Fuego, second titled “Latino Club” (aka my kind of place). I tried a Sex on the Beach for the first time and it was delicious, though they completely ripped me off as I had our resident alcohol expert try it and she told me that it had less than a shot in it. It was 38 kuna, or 8 dollars. The next time I asked for extra alcohol and received one with (according to our expert) about 2 shots for 13 kuna (2.5 dollars) more. I finished my drink and as DrewAnd went to the bar I asked him to get me another Sex on the Beach with extra vodka. He came back with a TWO FEET TALL Sex on the Beach and said “I don’t know what happened…sorry,” whilst laughing hysterically. I gave him about half the drink and marveled at how I was supposed to drink the concoction in front of me; the straws went up to the ceiling, after all! I sipped on it for the remainder of the night, as probably fifty more Semester at Sea people filled the club. I spent a social night (not dancing) on the basement level of the club, meeting a few new people and watching many people get sloppy and make out. We spent awhile there and left around 4 AM, making it back to the ship around 4:30; I was once again proud of myself, as I never stay up that late (I usually fall victim to midnight).
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