Day 27...Bye Bye Croatia

Day 27, July 11th:

I can’t believe that it is my last day in Croatia today!  I woke up early, ate breakfast, showered and headed out in search of Internet.  I know that all of you at home are dying to see some pictures from this amazing voyage, so I spent 2 and a half hours putting pictures up on Facebook for your viewing pleasure.  I put up roughly 100 pictures per city minus Pompeii and Bosnia.  You will just have to wait to see those and the others from each city.  It is just enough to give you a taste of my last 27 days.  

I then returned to the ship for lunch and to meet up with the other group members.  We all have a few Kunas left to spend before we leave, so we went on a shopping spree in the Old City buying up additional tee shirts, postcards, etc.  We even went to the grocery store right across from the ship to spend the very last of our Kuna.  I ended up with only 1.5 Kuna left (plus what I already set aside to save).  1.5 Kuna=26 cents…not too shabby!  I bought way too much local chocolate, cookies, junk food, etc for the ship, but it may really be nice to have later on in the voyage since we don’t know what we are going to find in Turkey, Egypt and Morocco.  I also bought a big bar of Croatian chocolate for my cabin steward, Angelito.  Angelito treats us way too well.  He even fist bumps me every time I walk down the hall!  The cabin stewards not only make our beds everyday and clean our bathrooms, but he folds our clothes, wraps up our cords to our computers and cell phones, re-organizes our drawers, folds our towels and much more.  The least I could do was buy him a Croatian chocolate bar! 

I then boarded the ship for the last time in Croatia and wrote out my postcards so I could get them in the mail before we set sail.  I ate dinner on the ship with the whole group and played cards out on the deck until we began leaving the dock.  The sun was setting while we pulled out, so the views were absolutely amazing!  I can’t wait until we arrive in Greece!  We now have two days of classes before arriving in Athens!!!!  We also have to turn our clocks ahead for the last time tonight, so we will be +7 hours from EST.  On that note, GOOD NIGHT!!!!