Aidan post

Hello, people of the internet. I’m Aidan Reichel and I have a smashing good post you should all read.

Currently, I am in beautiful Croatia. We had a great time on our tour yesterday. We went all over Dubrovnik with our two tour guides, Nicolas and Ivona. They were extremely kind and extremely funny! Nicolas and I talked about the war in Croatia that lasted from 1991 to 1995. He talked about how his oldest child was only 9 months old when she and his wife were forced to move into a basement. They stayed there for 4 months. He told me that the school his children went to made them learn 5 languages and also they had to do piano and ballet lessons after school as well. They still got all their homework done. This school was then ranked the best school in Croatia this year!

He also talked to me about a small water polo pitch. This pitch has had 5 gold Olympic medalists play on it when they were younger. Nicolas told me, “It doesn’t matter what equipment you have, it matters what you strive to be.” Nicolas was one of my favorite tour guides on our trip so far.

The old town is fascinating! It is a small part of the city of Dubrovnik. This small part of the city is surrounded by a huge wall, because back then enemies from the north, the Serbians, would constantly attack Dubrovnik and try to take Croatia for its own.

Speaking of war, Nicolas also talked to me what would happen if Serbia declared war on Croatia or any of the surrounding countries. Croatia is part of NATO and the United Nations. If this would happen, literally, every single country in North America and Europe, would be fighting each other, and the war would be in Croatia. Scary thought, right?! World war over night.

On a happier subject, the sea is amazing! Fish are in the water everywhere! All their ports have sea urchins, which means their harbors and ports are extreamly clean. No trash is in the water at all but we found loads of sea glass.

I have also seen a lot of yellow smart cars. For those who don’t get the importance of this, it is ok.

Where we are staying there are about 23 turtles that are all owned by are host Jimmy. Jimmy has met General Schwartzkauf and Dean Martin. He is very good friends with both of them.

Nicolas, our tour guide, also told me a joke the locals have. It goes like this, “Your house is 200 years old? Wow! Brand new!” The youngest house in the old city of Dubrovnik is about 200 years old.

We are now in Komiza on the island of Vis. The water around Komiza has something called the blue flag, which means that the water is extreamly clean. There are also many urchins in the water, this also means the water is extreamly clean because the urchins can only live in clean waters because, you know, science and other stuff.

I also bought a fishing spear to go spear fishing. I actually caught a fish, and it was big enough to clean and eat.

We have eaten the best food ever!!! The food here is all local. All of the food is cooked perfectly! There are no words to describe how good the food is. Many of the beaches here are all rocks, they are very hard to walk around on and about 10 feet out from the shore line. I slipped many times trying to get into the water. It is extremely cold at first, but it eventually warms up fast. There are many different creatures in the water, eels and octopi are crawling everywhere. I was at least 5 feet away at one point. Thanks for reading my post!