July 8

Korcula to Dubrovnik
Sydnee and I got up this morning and discovered abandoned Museli in the apartment where we are staying's kitchen, left by some travellers from the day before. We ate the cereal and set out to see Korcula. It was a beautiful morning, it had rained the night before, so it was very pleasant outside. The town is pretty small; its claim to fame is Marco Polo's birthplace. We visited a small museum in his honor and wondered what Korculain decided to make sure their town had a claim on Marco's birthplace.
We boarded a bus to Dubrovnik that afternoon. Luckily we arrived safetly in Dubrovnik, despite the very narrow winding streets that cut into the mountains and despite the fact that at one of the stops the bus driver drank a beer before entering the city. While on the bus we made friends with two Aussies and two guys from Princeton. As we were getting off the bus we were attacked once again by aggressive Zimmer-Room offers. This was THE most aggressive crowd yet and Sydnee and I couldn't take it so we ran away from them and headed to a house that a friend of mine from school, Nick, recommended (we were trailed by one lady for 10 minutes). Once we arrived at "Mama's" house, Mama hugged and kissed us and showed us to our room. We are so glad that Nick's suggestion came through for us. We put our bags down and walked back into the Old Town. After dinner at Fresh (a place started in Korcula that we discovered- wonderful wraps and smoothies) we bumped into one of the Aussie's and he told us where everyone was watching the third place World Cup match. We went to the Irish pub and joined our friends from the bus. They were such nice guys to hang out with and we enjoyed our night out with them and the pub and then at Club Latino.