Another lazy day... love it.

The hostel has a cat that hangs out during the day, but somehow she got locked inside last night... to add to that, one of the other people in the room connected to mine left the door open. At 4am, this cat decided that it would be the perfect time to jump on top of me. She wanted out, and figured I was her best bet. I haven't been that startled in a LONG time. Cats are evil. That's just a fact.

I probably would have slept half the day anyways, but whenever I wake up in the middle of the night, my body decides that all previous sleep just doesn't count. I have to start over as if I had stayed up til 4. For this reason, I didnt get out of bed until close to noon. I honestly would have stayed longer, except I had to buy more lace from the market and I knew it closed at 1 or 2pm. I drug myself out from under my cozy covers, and went out into the city. Today, being a Saturday, the market was even bigger and had overflowed towards the city center. The lady selling her lace products was so excited to see me (and my money of course). I knew exactly what I was getting this time, so I didn't spend quite as much time sorting through it all. I left the market and realized that since I slept all morning, I hadn't eaten anything in close to 18 hours. My stomach reminded me of this as a wave of smells coming from the local cafes hit my nose. Unfortunately, they were all completely packed, with lines out of the doors, so I ended up just going to the center of the city and getting a mozzarella and tomato bagel type thing. I watched multiple people order it, so I figured it must be good ... and it was. Om. Nom.

After strolling around some more, people watching, catching some rays on a park bench, etc, I walked back to the hostel. The only person in the place was watching a crime show on TV, and I sat down with her and watched it... and another... and another... It captured my attention just like every other crime solving show (Law and Order, NCIS, etc). I realized after 3 or 4 episodes that it was already 7 pm. I still hadn't printed my boarding passes for my flights tomorrow, and ended up having to go to an internet cafe to do so. I had some Croatian krun left that I needed to spend so on the way back from there, I bought a cup full of fritoles... fried dough covered with cinnamon and sugar... healthy right? Who needs healthy... they were delicious!!

I ended the night with some Facebook, TV, a book, and some nice conversation with a guy that showed up at the hostel from Buffalo NY about traveling, remodeling houses, and anything else that came up. It was a relaxing day to prepare me for a day full of airports tomorrow!