Croatia 35mm Film; Part 1

i had a mini panic attack when i got back from croatia and learned that snapfish recently discontinued film developing. they had the best deal, too! $5.30 for photos sent to you and put online. dang. so then i called around and discovered that most people have given up on film and barely anybody is developing it now. i eventually settled on meijer, but i paid twice as much as i was planning on!

i am glad i brought my big old camera bag and took the time to take some film shots, they definitely turned out the best of any camera, as i knew they would; )

At ACI Marina, in Split, Croatia. We got our boat from here and had a little time to kill before we took off.

This is the president's vacation home near Split that our captain showed us.

Andrew's sister, Tory. First day on the boat.

C'est la vie.

Tory, Andrew, and our captain Joško on the rocky shore. 

The town of Milna, on the island of Brač

Exploring the town of Stari Grad, island of Hvar

Stari Grad, Hvar

Stari Grad, Hvar

Meeting up with Andrew's family friends; Jelsa, Hvar

Props to Andrew for taking this; Jelsa, Hvar

Hvar Town, Hvar; this was a pretty ritzy town! We couldn't dock our boat - we had to pull up and jump onto shore.


do any of you still use film? where do you get it developed?

Postcards From Croatia

hello! i have been enjoying the last few days in the beautiful country of croatia. i'm literally on a moving boat right now heading toward the island of vis. gotta love wifi. don't have much battery left, so here are just a few shots!

we stayed a night in obrov, slovenia

trogir, croatia

off the balcony at our hotel in trogir, croatia

tory and i in milna, island of brac

milna at night

andrew, sailor man. 

exploring stari grad on the island of hvar

stari grad, hvar

statue of croatian poet

dinner in jelsa, on isle of hvar

we made a friend who i named kava. wishing i could have saved him and taken him home. what a cutie for real.

do vidjenja!

Not to Brag or Anything, But...

so this is it, andrew and i will be headed to europe on friday! It's scary how fast time flies sometimes. i think we have gathered most of the supplies we'll need (dual voltage flat iron, really nice headphones, travel journals, new swimsuits!), and we have the itinerary mainly set. we are trying to learn some important phrases (kave, mollim = coffee, please). we even practiced going over the canadian border memorial day weekend because we fly out of toronto (eh, no issues!). since croatia is a fairly less-traveled destination, i'm not sure how much preparing we can really do, but we are super excited! here are a few of the places we'll be visiting!

trogir, croatia: we are spending a couple of nights here before taking off on the boat. can't wait to explore it!

split, croatia: we're taking off on our rented sailboat from here. yes, we're sailing. i'm hoping not to be the (wo)man overboard.

isle of hvar, croatia: one of our stops as we sail! eric clapton was just there, I hear!

isle of brac: another island on our tour of dalmatia.

dubrovnik, croatia: we are renting a villa here for about a week (I'd be staying in hostels if I wasn't going with andrew's family, so this is beyond belief). they are filming "game of thrones" here, which I've said before,

but we love that show! i hope we get to have a beer with peter dinklage!

budva, montenegro: hopefully one of our excursions from dubrovnik. it's supposed to be really beautiful here.

mostar, bosnia and herzegovina: we are really hoping to go on this excursion as well. i think the bridge is the most iconic part, but i'd love to see bosnia!

venice, italia: the members of our group have all been to italy, but not to venice! i'm really excited for this part. gelato, bellinis, gondolas, cappucinos, and tiramisu!

and that's our trip! i'm hoping to have internet access so i can update you all. have you ever been to any of these places? what's the best vacation you've been on?