Zadar the town with really shiny floors

Part 2 of my birthday trip!

Zadar

 Zadar is a town that is mainly contained in a big peninsula sticking out into the water, therefore there are lots of winding streets and hidden bars and restaurants in a very small space. OH, and the best icecream I have tasted in a while is found here (the picture below does not show their full glory... stacked high we had to gobble them down before it was photo time!)

So on day two... we ate out in this tiny little restaurant that served amazing steak and they seem to always serve wine by big litres bottles. But we were more interested in the ridiculously shiny, shiny streets which resembled a yellow brick road moment... but instead of leading to the Emerald City it leads to these amazing views across to the islands. This city is so beautiful and really worth a good exploring because around every corner there are the most amazing views.

Also its all only about 15 minutes from Bibinje and its only a short bus ride. Horray!

However, being just recently students, we had to lower the tone in the evening with some good old-fashioned drinking games. My favourite: KINGS CUP.

 (I practically have these memorised, who am I kidding... I do have them memorised)

2 = you, 3 = me, 4 = floor, 5 = guys, 6 = chicks, 7 = heaven, 8 = nominate, 9 = rhyme, 10 = waterfall, 

Jack = eye master, Queen = bitch card, King = King's cup!, Ace = make up a rule.

This might explain the licking of elbows, flashing and me hiding in a cupboard for a whole round. (hello mum again)

Zadar is stunning. Thats enough persuasion to go right?

Bibinje (or Bibin-YAAAAY)

 The birthday trip 

For my birthday we flew to Croatia, and boy was it beautiful!

We were staying in this cute little hostel in Bibinje (just outside Zadar). It was so isolated that we were surrounded by the sea like we were on our own little island. The coast around Croatia is called the Dalmatian coast because there are so many islands... that from above it can look like the coat of a Dalmatian. Also the sea is so clear and you can see the islands from the mainland.

There isn't much in Bibinje... but that's why we liked it! You can hop between little cafe/bars, admire the coastline and the there is also a bus to Zadar every hour or so (on Sunday this is a lot less!). The restaurant we went to sold home-baked pizza and 1 litre bottles of wine that was all delicious and fresh. There is also a small market that you find down the side streets that sells most general supplies.

The holiday started in style with 11am drinks in the airport with a woman who didn't know how to make jaeger bombs so me and Holly had to grin and bare the weirdest morning drink. Then once arriving into the heat of Croatia we were greeted with some taxi men who gave me free Birthday cherries as apparently they had hand-picked an entire carrier bag that day. Eve was our test-goat for these cherries. After a quick squeal at the hostel and explore... we hunted out food. The evening consisted of pizzas and wine before we ventured into Zadar for a night out. The drinks were cheap at about £2 cocktails in really friendly bars. We decided that it was only fitting to have to complete a list of 22 tasks... that we managed to loose half way through the night. We did however manage to complete a few, including making some guys do the YMCA. This ended badly with Eve being nearly squashed by the guys and then me throwing a drunken tantrum about the boys not getting into our taxis!! We are such girls. BUT I managed to squeal "ittsss maaaa birrrthdaaaaay" a bazillion times :)

Part two later on.