The day started with a torrential downpour so I waited it out with Rachel and Becky, playing card games on the steps of the hostel (attempting to play Go Fish but none of us could remember the rules). When the skies finally cleared, we had breakfast at a cafe and packed lunch from the grocery store. The girls set off for the beach so we said goodbye and then I made for the bus station. I killed time by chatting with other people that were waiting and then finally...

Another day in Croatia meant another day at the beach. The weather was sunnier than yesterday so there were a bunch of youths out at the water, jumping off of rocks and lounging in the warm sand, and I didn't hesitate to join in. The first part of the day passed much like the last and I returned some hour of the late afternoon to shower at the hostel. I met two Aussies and two English girls (Becky and Rachel) in my room and we all went out together to grab some d...

I arrived in Split around 7 in the morning on the night train from Zagreb. I searched for my hostel for an hour and was sweaty and exhausted by the time I found it, so I rested until the afternoon before I set off into town with one goal in mind, the beach! I passed through the bustling market and the beautiful little Old Town and then continued past the harbor and along the water until it eventually led me to my destination. It wasn't the beach the receptionist ...

Today I left Budapest, bound for Croatia (and with it sun, sand and the Adriatic). But first I had 18 hours of travel to look forward to. A 7 hour train brought me to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. After a couple hours of sitting in the train station, I was on a night train to Split. The rest of the night was spent getting cozy with 4 other guys in my compartment while trying to catch some shut-eye. A boring day, but soon to be eclipsed by the rest of my stay in...

I started the day with breakfast from the nearby grocery store and then headed into the downtown area. I caught the metro to Deák tér, the city's main square, and then walked to Vörosmarty tér and met up with a free city walking tour. The first stop was the little princess statue (who actually looks like a boy cause the sculptor used his son as a model), whose knees are shiny from so many Hungarians rubbing them for luck. This was just the first example of th...