First of all, I think it's impossible for me to avoid getting sick while abroad. It took me six (6!!!) days to realize I have strep and need stronger medication than Advil and cough drops. My roommates are not thrilled. (At least I'm not in the hospital like I was in China... oops).
While ignoring my illness, I took a weekend trip to Croatia- the first of a few trips I've planned that involve overnight buses.
As it turns out, overnight buses (+strep) and I don't get along.
We arrived in Split at about 10 a.m. on Friday, and although I slept through most of the bus ride, I was exhausted all day. My friends and I spent a few hours exploring before it started raining, at which point we got lunch and gave up for the day.
Thankfully, it was way warmer on Saturday. We took a little cruise over to the island of Brac and spent most of the day on the beach. My roommate, Emily, foolishly trusted me to drive us around on a jetski. Generally, I'd say I'm good at driving a jetski, but the water was so choppy. I lost my contacts because so much saltwater got in my eyes, so for awhile I literally could not see where we were going.
THEN, it was time for us to return to shore. The guy working signaled for us to go back out for a minute so he could help our friends get off of their jetski. As I turned us around, the whole thing flipped over and we both fell off. I was bleeding when I got to shore for some reason, really not sure how that happened? Moral of the story: don't trust me to drive.... anything.
On Sunday, we spent a few hours at Krka National Park before 12 hours trapped on the bus. Thankfully, nobody wanted to sit by me and my germs so I got two seats to myself. :) Thanks, tonsils!!
Midterms are coming up in Florence, so I might actually be STUDYING this week, which I'm sure sounds crazy to most of you (Maddie is actually studying abroad?). More importantly, though, my MOM is coming to visit, so stay tuned for some mother-daughter selfies and brunch stories.