I honestly never knew natural water could be these colors: so blue, turquoise, and teal. And it is also so clear; I can see the duck's feet swimming! Usually, I'd be happy to hike an hour just to see one waterfall, and here I see a new one around every corner. I start to think about the most beautiful places I've ever seen [...]

You may have noticed that we added a new section on the right column of our blog called "twitter updates". Considering how far behind Jay and I are with blog entries, we thought it would be a good idea to start twittering. We'll be using twitter to fill in the gaps between our blog entries, since we can publish thoughts and updates in a quick and easy format there. [...]

For the past few weeks, I have been playing (well, trying to play, anyway) "pick-up football" (soccer - but I'll call it football going forward, since that's what everyone else here calls it!) with a group of other foreigners who are currently living here in Split, Croatia. My new friend Joel, who Kelly and I met at a free concert performed by the United States Europe Army Band and Chorus*, invited me to play [...]

On May 28th, Kelly and I attended* our first football match (soccer game) here in Croatia. We had a blast; it was a very fun time. A month ago, the match was shaping up to be a huge deal, but Hajduk hasn't performed as well in the past month, causing the match to lose some of its luster. [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Kelly and I made our first excursion outside of Split - we took a weekend vacation (two days, one night) to the Croatian island of Brac. Croatia has hundreds of islands along its western coastline. Many of these islands are very small and uninhabited, but there are also some large islands with [...]

Thursday, May 7, was Sveti Duje Day (or St. Domnius Day), for the official patron saint of Split. The town came out in full force on Thursday; I kind of felt like I was back at Ohio University’s Halloween party because of the massive dense crowds (minus the drunkenness and scandalous costumes, plus old people and children). The celebration went on all weekend. Jay has been working [...]