it's such a beautiful thing to realize that you have everything you need right
now to create and live the life you want to live and to start living it today so
maybe you're scared what if you don't make friends it could be dangerous well
what if it's awesome what is fear but a vehicle for growth
we're so wrapped up in thinking and overthinking and making perfect plans
that we end up doing nothing seeing the world through a screen is not enough and
it's up to you to get out there to say yes to traveling ten years from now you
want to be able to say I chose my life I didn't settle for it because trust me
you have nothing to lose in a world to see if you've ever dreamt of seeing the
best of Greece Italy and Eastern Europe all mish-mashed into one glorious place
but haven't found it paradise like that does exist and it's called Croatia hi
I'm Adrian Finch and last August I embarked on a life-changing 12 day
voyage with EF ultimately this was my third trip with EF and I can honestly
say I would take it 10 times again it was hands-down the best trip I've ever
taken from getting to know the rich culture and history of Croatia
second largest city hopping aboard a six day six night cruise down the beautiful
Adriatic coast not to mention the flourishing of nightlife
I left Croatia with unforgettable memories and lifelong friends
we have made it to Croatia so the trip started out in split-phase official day
one where we got our first taste of Croatia's variety of influences from
Spanish inspired fortresses to Eastern European dialects it really is the best
of all worlds here we had our welcome mixer where we could get to know our
fellow shipmates and took a guided tour of the beautiful city but because it was
under the rule of many empires including Roman and austro-hungarian the culture
architecture and food speaks to the varying styles but it is also the home
of our new favorite restaurant terminal F not kidding Morgan and I spent every
single night in split and sometimes twice a day at terminal F where our
favorite waiter Toni took the best care of us this is like our literal fifth
time at terminal lab we have basically lived at terminal lab we're here again
we had to say goodbye terminal by the way I highly recommend their peach
frozen margarita but all the first margaritas are bomb also well in split
we took a 15-minute uber to this Beach which had the most beautiful rocky cove
and made for some great photo ops the next day it was time for our first
excursion to Kirk a national park also known as the home to the Kirk out
waterfalls a short hike ends next to a series of cascading waterfalls that lead
into a basin where you can take a swim and try not to fall off the rocks
want to check another country off your list I know that I did next up was a day
trip - most are one of Bosnia's most beautiful cities the view of most stars
iconic bridge made the whole day so worth it
it was tough convincing people that this was actually a real place and not a Bob
Ross painting and I don't blame them as I had a hard time believing it myself it
was gorgeous before I knew it it was day five the
most anticipated day of the trip today's the day we get on the bus so we're about
to go down to the bus and ahead I feel like I've been waiting for this moment
this entire trip so let's go it was time to say bye to split for now board our
majestic boat and set sail down the Adriatic coast I have to be honest I had
no idea what living on a boat like this would be like but that was a good thing
no expectations meant no let downs the cabins were small and had characters can
be expected aboard a maritime boat like this but it was the sporadic 60-second
power outages top deck dance parties and being woken up by the engines turning on
at 6:00 a.m. that truly made for an unforgettable experience so a typical
day on the boat usually went like this our boat would leave anywhere from 6 to
8 a.m. it is 7:30 and we were free to get up and grab breakfast in the dining
room whenever a resident bartender in height man Dario served as our best
friend and resource whenever we needed something around midday we danker
somewhere along the way for a swim break and the bluest water you have ever seen
we then have lunch on the bow before setting sail again until we reached the
port of our next destination depending on when we arrived we could explore the
city on our own or with the tour guide grab dinner and drinks by the water and
go out to bars or nightclubs oh yeah there was partying and as long as we
were back on the boat before it left the next morning we were free to move about
the town as we please go hold on it's boat tour time
welcome to my cabin on this boat life is not a bad looked at starting at the very
back of the boat this is the very back on the middle level so there are three
levels the bottom deck main level and the upper deck so if we walk along
basically both sides look the same so we have cabins over here and the cabins are
where people live take showers the bathroom each cabin has a private
bathroom which is super cool if you turn down here these are the stairs to get
down to the bottom deck we're gonna end it down there but you can come from
either side as you can see we keep going along here we have a beautiful view this
is the kitchen hello granny that's where all the food is prepared and it's all
amazing and delicious and we love it so thanks if we keep going here is the
dining room this is where we can basically get a coffee there's a bar
back here for drinks water so that we always have fresh water aboard and then
these are the tables that we have all of our meals at there's Dario hi Dario he's
the best he's our I don't even know what to call him but he's great he feeds us
shot anyway every morning all the tables are set up and then we have lunch on the
boat as well and sometimes we even have dinner usually one of the meals per day
we out in whatever town we're in so then you keep walking forward make our way up
to the front of the boat here is the front of the boat probably seen it in
photos it's just really really pretty you can always see where we're headed
and then if you turn around we make our way where all the fun happens tanning
jumping the music the dancing the drinking so we got our lawn chairs where
we like to Sunday we got some benches on the side and as you can see we're pretty
high up now so we like to jump off there during our swim breaks here we have the
captains quarters are where he actually drives the boat from which is cool
there's a bar right here at night they'll put like speakers and lights and
all that cool stuff we have some people so yep we like to
lay out and shell and yeah this is where all the fun and magic happen lots of
beer gets spilled on this ground then if we go back down this side we have the
captain and then we have more quarters these are each rooms as you can see Oh
sneak peek so these are all rooms on the top deck which honestly I think would be
really cool to live in and then in the back we have this awesome little area if
you wanted to chill in the shade but still be outside again the other side of
the boat is the exact same here you can hang out sooner for your stuff to dry
because it has a really hard time getting dry down in your rooms and the
only way to get back down is off the front of the boat again so if you go
back down onto the main deck and right past our dining room we have the
stairway the bottom deck or as I like to call it the dungeon here's an overview
it's a double room so there are two beds but we each have singles so this is just
my room a pretty cramped bathroom but you got all your normal goods sink
toilet mirror and then the funniest part is the shower so basically you turn on
the faucet and then you go like this and then the showerhead turns on and you
literally just shower yourself in the middle of the bathroom it is very
interesting but it does the job so that's that when we start tickling I
know because I can feel it but also I can see the water right out my little
window you can find the full itinerary in my description box as well as on the
EF site but I'm gonna tell you my highlights and my absolute fave our boat
got stuck in the middle of the ocean all right officially stuck yeah we literally
almost capsized
the sunset in korcula sunrise yoga on the deck of our boat we yoga did we
flowed the white part are absolutely incredible tour guide Ivana Ivana gave
us a little Croatia souvenir and so many more unforgettable memories do you guys
want to check out this EF trip I highly highly recommend it the link will be in
my description box and you can use the code adrian 100 for $100 off any EF
ultimate break trip thank you guys so much for watching this video and i'll
see you on my next adventure