Last bit of Croatia

Hello my friends! Writing from český krumlov, a city we have fallen in love with. I should first say that we have decided to slow down our trip a bit, it seems within this last week we were tripping over our own feet and moving far too fast. So, upon arrival in this lovely city, we decided to stay not one night, but three, and push Venice back behind our volunteer program. this will give us more time in cities so we aren§t as rushed, and more time in Rome, becaue we think we will need it. First of all, I should talk about our appearances...we have not lost any weight that I know of, but Matt has not shaved since Milan, this would be almost a month ago, and he has somewhat of a beard if you want to call it that haha...he is looking very scruffy and his hair is getting longer. I, on the other hand, have not had a hair cut in 6 months and my natrual color is cmoing back in so it is very light...but in about 2 hours I am going to get it all done at some little Czech salon, we wil see how this one goes...so slowing down is good! The last part of Rijeka was Jasna taking us to a mall so Matt could get new jeans, she also took us to a lovely castle that overlooks Rijeka. It had been stormy and cold but it managed to warm up quite a bit. That might we had pizza and went to a club. In the club, tehy play all the American tunes as they do in bars back in Lawrence. Everyhere in teh shops tehy play these tunes as well. The next day Jasna took us to Opatija, a small town next to Rijkea with colorful houses and a weird concrete beach, we had some gelato and then later some coffee or wine...itwas nice...geting colder though. And she used to party in this town but says it is now taken over by the retirees. She also took us to her favorite spot for coffee, a lovely cafe=bar that overlooked the sea in Rijeka and the only soccer field by the ocean in Europe. This weekend we really bonded with Jasna and she said she felt like she had known us forever and we felt the same, it is really nice having family over here becasue it is like a home base to have and they treast us so warmly...they packed us lunchse again for our trip to Germany...we slept on a night train and it was very noisy and not good sleep but oh well..ok Germany later we have to finish our laundry and book a hostel in Vienna! Bye for now!