So Wednesday, we started traveling. We got up, and left around 7. It was a big bus; two seats on each side of the aisle. Each person got two seats. We had to soon turn around, someone left something. I couldn't sleep much. I ended getting some homework done tho, so that was good. It was probably a ten-hour bus ride.
When we arrived in Split (Croatia), it was late, but we went to Diocletian's palace anyways. This was a great decision, because there was no one around, and it was well lit.
The palace is massive. It was an amazing experience.
Due to a mix-up in reservations, everyone ended up staying in different places, probably a 15 minute walk between the furthest groups. I ended up (after getting switched with someone) staying with Professor Kim.
Thursday. in the morning, we went to a Roman museum there, so all kinds of cool stuff. I really like looking at Roman coins.
There were also a lot of outdoor ruins.
In the afternoon, we split up, I went back with some people to nap, but not too long, as people had talked about cliff-jumping.
Split is right on the Adriatic Sea, and it was quite beautiful. Watching the jumps was great. Professor Kim was *not* thrilled. A bunch of people jumped, but I did not. In addition to having done it already, I really don't like salt water (The jumpers confirmed the water was very salty). I took at ton of photos, and a few videos.
Afterwards. people went back to clean up, and then we got together to eat dinner, but then split up, because it's hard to find a restaurant that seats 18 people. I ended up going to a "fast food" place, and getting a chicken taco. It was a 15-minute wait, but some of the students ended up waiting a couple more hours for food, so for Europe, my meal was definitely fast. I went to bed after dinner.
Friday, we got on the bus again, and traveled to Pula (Croatia). Probably 5-6 hours of riding. We went tp a Roman arena, or at least everyone else did, I got lost, and couldn't find it, and did meet up until after they had gone through. I got left behind trying to get my knee braces to work. They didn't, all of the surface that the velcro attaches to was frayed fuzz. I had to order new braces.
We saw a few more Roman buildings, including this cool arch:
We went back and stayed in this great hotel, the rooms were basically apartments. We all went to watch Gladiator, but Professor Kim's computer wouldn't play it; but mine would. It was a great time.
Saturday, we had another bus ride, this time to Aquileia (Italy). Aquileia was a huge Roman city, that through years of invasion was devastated down to a small town. But lots of ruins remain. So we walked all over the small town, seeing all kinds of ruins. We even saw some building floors that still had their mosaics intact.
We also visited a basilica, which showed an early Christian theme; Christianity mixed with some pagan themes.
We also went to another museum. So much to see! This glass was cool.
That night... I woke up sick again. I talked about that a bit here. The bus ride back was rough, but I made it, and was feeling better that night. I was able to watch the Lions pull out a nailbiter, barely beating the Eagles. Next morning, back to work.
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