Day 11: We pay 20 euro for an incredible view and really become tourists

On day 11 we had a rest for our soul, mind and body. Waking up in the morning we looked out of our tent into crystal clear turquoise water with our own secluded waterfront. Unfortunately we had been a little over zealous with the sun the day before so today we were a little shy. Our mission became to make some shade, we rigged the tent canopy and made a nice little sunshade for a while. Then the wind had other ideas and we abandon that plan. Fortunately we found other shade and of course ate some bread, sausage and cheese, our usual diet.

Our shade kept shrinking and shrinking....

Getting into the water was a little complicated.

There was a lovely little stone path that led down to our site. 

Our shade that didn't last long. 

We tied most of the animals up for the day, they needed a break too. 

The bathrooms...it was an open door shower kind of place. 

We found out what Croatia does to chocolate. Mirm didn't seem to mind though. 

We played tourists in the city of Split.

Which of course included pirate tourists.

If we look hot and tired that's because we are. 

In the afternoon we left that place of happiness and went to find even more beautiful place. Along the way we had a mishap which we will never speak of that taught us all a very valuable lesson and made us thankful our accommodations were so cheap. That is all we'll say. We then stopped in the city of Split and sweated around the narrow stone streets. We made sure to be true tourists and buy matching hats.

We finished out the night by driving a little farther and finding a little place near the water to eat some delicious fish.

To stay the night we found Tomas Camping who appeared to fighting with Bianca camping next door. We finished the night by drinking Austrian beer cooled by the sea and watching the shooting stars. 

Day 10: The Animals perform as they were intended but our sunscreen does not

So the results of today were we all ended up with the Austrian flag represented on our bodies, red-white-red. Yes Mom, we used sunscreen, but somehow, not enough...

We went to a bakery first thing in the morning, found some coffee for the morning grumpies and set out for the beach. The rest of the day was spent floating on the animals. Fortunately we had already practiced for this in Vienna.

The most exciting part of the day was when we lost the cantaloupe melon in the sea. It was quite an expedition to rescue it but made good use of the mask and snorkel.

How most of our day went...

The melon rescue operation.

Someone kindly left us a clothesline and a broken chair at our campsite. Which of course we took as a gift and brought with us to the next place.

We decided that it was so beautiful, so awesome, so amazing and we loved it so much that we never wanted to leave. Except that we decided to see what was next down the road, so we assumed our usual positions in the car and drove into the evening to the next awesomely amazing place ;)

Day 9: We leave Vienna and begin the rest of the journey with The Animals

Hi Mom, in case you were wondering what we did today, well, not much. Well, one of us did a lot, a lot of driving, and the rest of us just watched the scenery go by. 

We got a late start in the morning (surprise!) and drove from Vienna to Kamp Uvala Borova Podaca in Croatia. Here are some blurry photos of Croatia the driver requested (ahem) be taken.

After arriving all of us who had done nothing but sit all day were exhausted. We set up the tent, which took all of 3 minutes; then went for a swim and to explore some Croatian beer.

Day 8: We worship with the Weindls; and eat an Austrian feast

Hi Mom, since you are the only one reading this blog we thought we would address you directly from now on. All of our moms out there, we love you.

Sunday we went to church to hear Waffle sing in German. Before the service however, the non-German speakers went and tried to order coffee from a non-English speaker. Successful overall, but Pictionary did have to be resorted to.

After church we were invited by the Weindls' to an Austrian meal in a true beer garden. We drank fluffy beer and found out there is an original Budweiser that is so much better than the copy it's not worth comparing.

Discovered a true piggy-bank.

Saw an Austrian Carnival.

Found a whole store full of Austrian cookies, candy and more...

Went to a beautiful cathedral...

...and climbed the 343 steps.

Climbed, and climbed, and climbed 343 steps.

Fortunately the view was worth it.

As for what we did the rest of the day, well, it was so amazing I can't remember. No, just kidding, we had pizza delivered. Imagine that. Now you might think that's lame, Mom, but not to us since that is one thing you can't do on a ship in Africa.

Day 7: We learn Waffle's new name, visit some palaces, learn more about Austrian's love of animals, find, play with and destroy some animals of our own, and see beautiful Vienna. Whew!

Mirm decided Waffle's new name was Wiffzack, which means, smartypants. Hmmmm, appropriate... 

We didn't see any animals at the Vienna Zoo because it wasn't in our price range, but we did see plenty of tourists. 

Visited the king and queen's summer and winter palaces. 

Tried to take some jumping photos. 

Practiced the royal wave.

Saw Jess's suspected ancestors. 

Did not walk on the grass.

Learned that Austrian's love their animals so much they build ramps into the fountains for them.

Found more things to thank Austria for.

Ate cheap Kebabs and drooled over beautiful fruit at the market.

Started our own zoo.

Found turtle love, may it never die.

Our love goes out to "the ring" as well.

R.I.P Mr. Bee, I'm so sorry, I wish I could take that jump back.













Found out our zoo was slightly bigger than our little lion.

After it was cooler outside we went back into the city. Once there we ate the "right" ice cream and discovered there is a whole country of Austrian's proud of their water. Yes, there is water in that water. We walked around more and saw Vienna at sunset, beautiful.

We then worked hard on our photo taking.

With somewhat good results.

The evening had us eating meters of Viennese food. It is surprisingly hard to determine how much food you will actually get when you have to measure it! Lets just say our stomachs were smaller than our rulers.

And to end it all, we saw a summer concert series in the city, had some drinks and declared it a successful day.