Juliana was at the door of Casa Margarita promptly at 11:00 to evict us. Sad, but we had to leave and store our luggage in a luggage storage place with an old Croatian man who was a big fan of the high-five. We are crossing our fingers our luggage will still be there when we go back to pick it up.

Our ferry is at 22:00... that would be 10:00 p.m. to those of you not on military time. We had a lot of time to wander around aimlessly and check out parts of Split we hadn't seen. The best discovery of all was this amazing coffee concoction that looks like a Slurpee. Starbucks + 7-11 = Laura is one happy traveller. It also means I had two today. But don't worry, I skipped the gelato for the day. We all have to make sacrifices... :)

The big event was the Split Hop-On, Hop-Off City Tour Bus... minus the hop-on, hop-off part. The lady explained why they weren't including hopping on and off, but after discussing what she said in length afterward, we couldn't come to a consensus. All we know is that instead of letting us get on and off where we pleased, we were onboard for an hour trip around town. The end.

The tour was entertaining. The lady... Ivana, to be specific, LOVES her country. She noted that there has "never been a fire in Split... because we take care of our town". She also bragged that you can swim in the ocean without worrying because "there are no dangerous fishes or sharks and if there are, the sharks are friendly and won't eat you". Talk about reassuring! If only Avila Beach sharks had ANY sort of manners! Ivana was also a fan of announcing whenever anything to be seen was too expensive for us peons onboard the double decker bus. She would say, "there are yachts to your right, you could rent one, but you have to have much money to do that sort of thing". We would have to stick to the 14 Kuna city tour, thank you very much! The best part was a ten minute stop at Bene, this little lagoon on the outskirts of Split. Like any good lagoon, it had a slide in the middle of the sea.

The rest of the afternoon was spent on the beach of Split. It is much more crowded than yesterday's beach extravaganza, but the perk is SAND. No pebbles to be seen. Just a lot of speedos.

And now... the bad news, fans. You will not hear from us for a whole day. We are boarding the ferry in T-minus 2.5 hours and will be headed back to Shandon's people. Italia.

Arrivederci, paisanos!