We slept in good and proper on our first morning in Pula. We ambled around, going for a swim, a bit of a walk, bought some groceries (bread, eggs, bananas, milk and wine).
In the afternoon we drove over to the hostel to use the Internet there. Getting out of the car we figured it would probably be safe enough to put the Aussie flag back up on top of the car (it sits inside a window). Less than two hours later when we came back, it had been snapped off! This was seriously disheartening to the both of us – why would someone go and rip off the flag!

Later in the evening we kicked back on the couch and snoozed while watching the first game of the night. After the game we went to dinner at the same place as the night before, making sure to order nothing the same, except the complimentary schnapps. Mark and I had a fantastic time this evening. We laughed and reminisced (what little had already happened) and thought of people and things back home, and made a great time with each other.

The son of the people who own the guest house had offered us the previous day to take us out this night, saying if we go around 10pm he can take us to a party that’ll go until morning. We eagerly accepted, but sought him out as we were coming back from dinner to say that we’d like to watch the end of the second game before going out. He was already pretty wasted so it was no surprise that when we came back down after the football that he was gone (off his face gone, as we confirmed the next morning) and didn’t even answer the door.

So then it was up to us to find our own party. No worries, we hadn’t had any trouble previously. We headed into town, parked the car where we guessed was something closely resembling action, and wandered around. The place that looked most promising had a hefty entry charge, and everywhere else we went there didn’t seem to be anything much going on, and people rudely stared at us as we went past too.
After about an hour of this we left the city quite frustrated and almost disgusted.

I had a terrible sleep that night, but was at least amused by the first non-email contact I’d had with my girlfriend since leaving. She was in the USA leading a summer camp, but this night was away from camp and getting quite sozzled. At least someone found a decent party!