Taylor's travels

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Split Croatia day 1

Today is the start of my 20 day adventure across Europe and 4 different countries! It was an extremely early start this morning. My flight for split was at 6am leaving from Glasgow, which is only an hour and a half drive from Edinburgh. However the busses stop running after 12. So I had to catch the bus leaving at 12am and then make my way to the airport. So I was at the airport 4 hours before my flight! Ya needless to say I'm going to sleep so good tonight!

10 hours after leaving for the airport I finally made it to Split! OH MY GOD IS IT HOT HERE! Walking off the plane it hits you like a truck. At 10am it was already +36! Plus the humidity and no wind which makes it a thousand times worse.

I'm staying at someones house again through air b&b, the host picked me up at the airport for a small fee. Better than me attempting to find his house and then probably getting lost. Espiscally in this heat I would have given up and jumped in a cab anyways.

I got my own room on the 3rd floor, no AC in the house so it die in my sleep but what can you do. The host gave me a map and showed me that the centre of the "old split town" was only 5 minutes walking distance, which also lead yoy towards the ports where the ships come in and dock. I could sit there and watch that happen all day! I love love love cruise ships.

I walked around the centre of the old city and had lunch by the port. After 3 and a half hours of being our I decided it was time for the beach because I couldn't take the heat anymore. Walked back to the house and changed then it was off to the beach.

The host didn't give me great directions, but I made it there eventually, went swimming for about an hour and a half and just layed in the water then walked back to the house.

I met a girl staying here aswell, she's from Australia her name is Mel. She had just come off a party boat that was going around to the islands of Croatia. She was here just the one night then leaving for Greece in the morning. She invited me to have supper down the by ports with her and one of her friends she made on the party boat.

We had supper and just relaxes down by the ports for the evening. I booked a trip to do kayaking and snorkling tomorrow morning, super excited for that! Sadly won't be able to take any pictures however because it will all be around water and I'm not chancing dropping my phone in the water because I would 100% do that.

Walkway to the hosts house

View from my window

The old city

Down by the port

The 2 Australians I met, Ryan and Mel

Peacocks that are everywhere here!

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Goodbye Edinburgh Scotland!

WOW! Crazy to think that yesterday was my last shift at work here in edinburgh! I have made some amazing friends over the last 3 months working here and I could not be happier with my time spent in Scotland!

I will be forever greatful for the position I had at my job being the Sales Coordinator. Having this position at work allowed me to go to Paris and Spain while still being paid at work, and I was able to take these trips whenever I wanted!

I got to go to the highlands on a day trip and visit Loch Ness and Glencoe. But for sure most of all I have made some great friends here at work that I will be forever thankful having met them!

My friends at work took me out for dinner and drinks the day before my last shift. We went to a big all you can eat buffet place for dinner and then we were going to go for a few drinks at a pub across the street. We got there at 2pm, and I got home at 1:30am that day! Needless to say when it wasn't a "few" drinks. And it never is with scottish people.

Me and Robbie at work

Drinks after one of our shifts with Ellen and Robbie

The night of my going away party, missing a lot of people in the photo.

Going away party, with Jillian and maegan

Going away party, Antonio and Robbie

Maegan and Jillian

Thursday, July 9, 2015

1 month away!

Today marks exactly 1 month until I'm back in Canada! Mixed emotions on it only being a month away. Still seems so far away because I will be going to 4 countries before heading home.

Next week on Sunday already I leave for Croatia where I will be visiting 2 cities, Split and Dubrovnik over the course of 4 days. I allow myself enough time in each city so I'm not either rushing to get it all done, or sitting around because I have seen everything.

In Split I will be staying at Air b&b again, it's a families house I believe. And then in Dubrovnik I will be staying at a hostel. Again I have done the research to see which is cheaper to stay at in the cities I'm travelling to.

After the 4 days in Croatia I fly to Milan Italy where I spend 1 day seeing the city. Then after my 1 day there I head to Venice for 3 days where I will be meeting up with my roomate and her sister. I will see Venice for 3 days with them, and then we head to Rome for another 3 days where we will see that city and possibly take a bus to the city of Pisa for a day.

Even though I don't know my roommates sister I feel she will be a great asset to my Italy trip because she has lived in Italy for 10 years and speaks perfect Italian. Plus she can show us local attractions and be very helpful when we get on trains/ busses from city to city.

After my week in Italy I leave for Greece! Stopping in the small island of Corfu first for 3 days. Many people don't even know where Corfu is in Greece because it isn't a huge city, however I have been told that it's like a hidden gem! I will be also meeting up with Rhonda Nesbitt here in Corfu, she's originally from provost, but now lives in Corfu with her husband and family. So I will have her to show me around for awhile which will be great!

After Corfu I head to Athens Greece for another 3 days. Seeing of course all the major Greek attractions and such. After this I head to Berlin Germany for 3 more days. Hoping to see a lot of stuff from world war 2.

From Berlin I travel back to Scotland and then the very next day fly back to Canada! Crazy that it's only a month away! Get ready for me Canada I'll be home soon!