BACK IN ITALIA !!!!

When we left Brač we went camping in Hvar, another one of the 1300 islands. The ferry trip took 3 hours. We stayed in an abandoned village next to an olive farm were we set up the tents. We stayed there for three nights. On the last night we found a big ancient water collector. We used it as a skate park with our scooters. After 1 hour we went to a restaurant and got a mixed grill it was delicious. The restaurant was the only place open in the abandoned village of Malo Grablje



After Havar we went to Istria on the mainland for 2 days. We camped in someone's front yard which was also a shooting range. We visited a huge amphitheatre in Pula where gladiators would fight.  They fought each other and fought other beasts. It would not be nice to be a gladiator but they did not have a choice as they were prisoners.


Then we drove back to Italy!!!!!! Right now we are living in Venice. There are no streets it is just water .    Venice is a city on 117 small islands connected by about 400 bridges with 150 canals. I have not seen a car in Venice because they are banned so everyone uses boats for transport.  Yesterday we went on a gondola. It was soooooo  expensive  80€ for half an hour. But it is worth it!!! They have the most comfortable seats. Our captain was called Marco and he started being gondalier when he was 18. His dad was gondalier, his grandfather was a gondalier and his great grandfather!!!!!! We get a great view out of our window of our apartment on a canal.  We are about ten centi meters away is the cannel.  WOW!!!!

We visited the famous San Marco square where Poppie visited when he was young. Dad, Bailey and I climbed a huge tower.  Yesterday we visited Venice's fish market. It was huge and smelly.  It sold so many different fish and canal seafood including spider crabs and snails. The fish man gave Eliza and Josie a sea snail which they kept as a pet.

       THIS IS THE BEST PLACE IN ITALIA!!!

                           

We are leaving Brač!

Three days ago we went cycling. The last time I was on my bike was in January. I really miss riding.  I hired a red and black mountain bike and Bailey got a tiny green plastic one. The course we went on was gravel and there were trees everywhere. We rode for 7.5 km into Supetar and 7.5 km back.   I thought it was awesome because we hardly ever go off road. 

The next day we went to some water slides in Supetar. There were 2 of them. The red one was so fast for most of it you were just falling down.  The blue one was boring. It was so slow and you kept getting stuck. Josie was too scared to go down so we stole her tokens. We went down about 15 times. It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun!!!!

Last night we went to the arcade again. On the way we got the biggest stick  of candy floss. At the arcade I worked out a cheat for the car game. Because they put BOUNCY balls in you could make them bounce over the fence and into the win hole. I won six balls and about 20 other kids started copying me. It was awesome.

         THIS IS OUR LAST DAY ON BRAČ

Back to Brač!

A few days ago we went rafting again. We got to do things we didn't do last ime like paddling under waterfalls, I jumped off a small cliff, I paddled all the way and I felt AWESOME!!!

Yesterday we went back to Brač. On the way we watched a street performer and he was awesome! He could ride a unicycle whilst juggling with fire.

The day after we got back we went to a games arcade. I played basketball and I got 23 goals. I also played pinball and I won a tiny little rubber ball. Finally I played a car game where you tilt the board and try and get the ball into the last hole. If you are successful you win the ball.

Back to our usual routine now school, swim, lunch, Skype and dinner.  Two nights ago I stayed up until midnight watching a show called "Ibo I Clibo" (Croatian film name). It was like the Legend of Dick and Dom.

Croatia report

 

CROATIA REPORT

CULTURAL/POPULATION

The capital of Croatia is Zagreb.  The population in Croatia is about 4480043. 

 

MAP

Croatia is part of Europe. It is located in the Adriatic sea. There are over 1200 different islands in the Dalmatian coast. 

FLAG

The crown on the ancient arms of Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia. 

The flag combines the colours of the flags of the Kingdom of Croatia (red adn white), the Kingdom of Slavonia (white and blue) and the Kingdom of Dalmatia (red and blue).

The shield is in the read and white checks of Croatia.

                                                       

 LANGUAGE

The official language in Croatia is Croatian.

Here are some simple Croatian words.  

yes-da     no-ne    hi-bog    please-molim   thank you-hvala 

                                            

CROPS AND PRODUCTION

Here are the six main crops  grown in Croatia: Tobacco, corn, soybeans, potatoes, sugar beans and wheat.                     

MONEY 

                   1 Croatian Kuna equals

                   0.19 Australian Dollar

 

CULTURE

SPORT

Croatians main sport is soccer they are very very very good we watched one game while having lunch they are so fast.

DANCING

         There is a lot of cultural dancing in Croatia. They mainly have a live ensemble. the people are usually in a circle making weird noises. We watched some dancing in Dubrovnik it started at 9:30 PM and finished at 11:30  PM.

FOOD

Burek
This is a deliciour [astry filled with cheese, meat or apple. 

This is a great food for breakfast especially for cold mornings on the ferry.

Cevapcici

This is a spicy sausage usually served with chips and ajvar (a toato, eggplant, capsicum and chilli whenever we get fast food we stop in for Cevapici and burgers.

Palacinke

The Croatian version of a crepe. This delicious pancake is usually filled with icecream, chocolate or hazelnuts. There is no such thing as a bad one of these! Just had them today. They're amazing!!

Pizza

You get very good pizza in Croatia.It may be traditionally Italian dish but that doesn't mean Croatians don't know how to make it. The dough is almost always homemade and watching them make it is cool.

                                                    

Rozata

Rozata is a Croatian dessert they are a delicious caramel pudding covered in caramel sauce. I had one but I could of had 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000.

BISCUITS

Last but not least the Croatian treats. You can get treats in all varieties. We have had many different treats in Croatia My personal favorite is the honey walnut balls.