Final Seminar on Island Krk!

Krk is so beautiful and it is so great to be done with all of my work. The 16 of us did our final presentations, handed everything in and we are so glad to be relieved of the work, but sad that the semester is coming to a close.

We are staying in a small pension just outside the old town of Krk, on Krk island in the north Adriatic Sea. It's a stone's throw from the water and we have a beautiful patio where we've all hanging out and sharing meals together. Our program director, program assistant and our language professor are all here with us.

Some of us get up and go swimming every morning around 8, which is wonderful. It is very hot here, but the water is still ICY. It's only in the 50s. So, we can only swim for 30 minutes or so, before getting out to warm up. We had a free morning on Friday and we spend it exploring some of the other beaches near our hotel. The water is clear - you can see straight to the bottom, even where it is 20 feet deep. And perfect salinity! The only drawback is that there are no sandy beaches - just pebbly and rocky beaches. There are also sea urchins everywhere! I cut my foot on one, before I realized that all the little black things on the bottom were spiny little buggers and not rocks. On the rocks on the island, little green lizards are sunning themselves.

Friday night we had a blowing-off-steam party on the dock. It was a lot of fun! We had food & drinks, music (& karaoke), and a slideshow of all the pictures from the semester.

Last night, we all went to a neighboring town for the Crna Ovca (Black Sheep) Festival. Lots of lambs roasting on spits and other local festivities. We had one last big group dinner together with lots of food (lamb) at the festival and came back late last night. I'm getting ready to pack, eat lunch outside again and then get on the bus back to Zagreb (can't I just reschedule everything and stay here????)

It's been a very relaxed end to what was, at times, a very stressful semester.

Photos:

Island Krk

Crna Ovca Festival