Rovinj!

Monday:

After another 4 hours car drive I finally found my destination – Rovinj!

Do you know how it feels like when you know you have to be somewhere and you know this 'somewhere' is somewhere nearby but you can't find it? When I passed the sign saying 'Rovinj' I felt totally lost!

I had no address of the sailing school I should start working at, just a vague hint where it might be and finding some place you have no address of in a city that's totally alien to you is definitely not easy! My Garmin was no help, it couldn't even find Ljubljana when I started yesterday morning in Villach. Eventually I found the sailing school between a hotel and a campsite.

My boss thought that I would arrive on monday and so I had no place to stay till this morning. I decided to stay at the campsite 'cause I was tired, hungry (I hadn't had breakfast) and not willing to search endlessly for an affordable hotel room. It should be mentioned that I love camping! Before I started my journey in Germany, I packed all my camping gear in case I'd need it, so I felt pretty comfortable in my tent ;)

After a delicious meal and ice cream (for less more than 10�!) I slept till I got woken up by the wind. It was hot and sunny before, suddenly the weather changed from 'Paradise' to 'Siberia'. 't was a cold night!

When I woke up this morning it was sunny again. The rain had gone and I was glad it did so I could stow a dry tent back into my car!

I moved into a nice apartement afterwards. The view from my balcony is just amazing! I can see the whole city of Rovinj!

Tuesday

The day started with a big disappointment! I went to the police station (remember, I called the consulate to ask for the work visa...) for my work visa and they told me that they don't give out visas for jobs like mine. Without a valid work visa I can't stay in Croatia longer than 3 month and (and that's the worse thing) I am not allowed to work here! I talked to my boss that we need to find a solution for this problem...we'll see what happens...

Until then I enjoy the sunny life here ;)

Wedneyday

...I can't really remember. Beer is cheap, I'm totally relaxed and everything feels like livin' in paradise. We (the other instructors (for sailing, surfing, tennis, beach volleyball and kayak) and me) had a barbecue this evening (a cheap one compared to the prices for meat, beer and vegetables in Germany). There was so much meat left, that we planned to have another barbecue tomorrow...

Thursday

Sunny life again. There was no wind (→ no sailing) and I drank coffee most of the day getting tanned and dreaming about naked men serving me chilled Mojitos ;)

Later on I saw a dolphin and took this as a good sign for my adventures as a sailing instructor in Croatia. Hopefully I'll be one (legally!) soon. There's a party at the beginning of june. David Guetta is coming and monday I told my croatian colleague that I wanted tickets but didn't get some. He said we'd manage but today he told me that he also couldn't get tickets anywhere.

We had another barbecue in the evening and two of my colleagues and me decided to go out tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it 'cause I always enjoy a good night out!

Friday

What a day! Starting sunny and with coffee again I'm still looking forward to the night out. Hey, it's friday! Like party-friday, like drinking beer, dancing, looking good and partying all night long!

I'll keep you informed about everything, I promise!

Xoxo -Anni