So I know I just posted yesterday, but I wasn't ready to face the sun yet today, so I figured I'd put something else up here.....
Hvar is a fun place, and much more lively than Bol was. This city is really much more international (Bol is more for young families and young couples, on vacation from other places in Croatia), so you end up hearing English a lot more....I haven't quite decided if that's a good thing or not, but it's just a fact. Yesterday, after finding a lovely room not too far from the harbour, complete with a small terrace and everything, I headed up the hill and checked out the fortress up there. It was pretty cool and gave some pretty amazing views of the town and surrounding islands. Speaking of those surrounding islands, I think I'm heading out there pretty shortly to do some swimming (hvar is beautiful, but is not built so much for swimming).
Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention yesterday is that on the boat over here, as you round the island, you get this intense whiff of lavender, because Hvar is the lavender island, so the hillsides are just covered in it! Because of that, the town smells like lavender as well, with all the people selling little sachets to tourists on the sidewalks. It's pretty nice.
So last night, there was this (not bad) Croatian rock band playing in the main square for some reason. Don't ask me why, but there were lots of people out and about. During the concert, I got to talking to this group of three people (around my age) from Zagreb on the island for a while, and hung out with them a bit. It was kind of funny...after the concert, they were heading to a party up the hill somewhere.....turns out the word 'party' is used fairly loosely, and the 'party' was being held at a car wash, which is a term also used fairly loosely.
It was hilarious, and fun for a while, but we were in this tiny little ramshackle room with all the windows shut, and everyone (all 8 or 9 people) were smoking non-stop the entire time, while drinking homemade wine out of mineral water bottles. Too funny. I stayed for a while, but since only the 3 I came with spoke english, the only language flying was croatian, and it got a little boring after a while, so I walked home. Funny way to spend the night....
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The reason why there was a rock band in the square was probably because unlike in Vancouver, most other cities in the world actually have outdoor events in the summer (without charging $200 a ticket). And people actually go. Fun is not prohibited, and gatherings of more than three people don't automatically lead to riots or complaint sessions.
funny, mike...that's exactly what i was going to say!
but then again, i do live in the 'festival city' now. no seriously.
sounds beautiful, per usual!
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I told a couple people that the nickname for Vancouver is 'no fun city'....they all laughed and weren't sure if I was joking, from the confused look on their faces....
Tourism BC should hire you right away!
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