This is one from Split, Croatia, a really nice coastal city that had plenty of older medieval style buildings to explore, including a castle that was walking distance from the Ship Port. The captioned picture for this was of "Anton" our guide and how he became our guide.Furst thing to remember is that you can book a shore excursion with the cruise line in advance (if you really know what you want to do) or you can "wing" it like we do. The deals are better and you can use you skills in bartering on the spot. The big difference is, if you go for a "spontaneous" tour, they won't guarantee that you make it back to the cruise line on time, so be wary of that.

My first fun (?) story, more like ugly, but you be the judge. I was traveling with my lovely wife and brother in law and sister in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2023 and I needed to use the restroom. It was raining while we were there in April, so it made the "go" even worse. While walking along the beautiful sites of the "Old City" which is, coincidentally, where they filmed Game of Thrones, the HBO series, I hopped in and out of the quaint shops and then discovered that unlike the US, there are no bathrooms in the places you do business with, so I just held it until I found somewhere to "cry me a river". I stopped in their local information center and a nice Croatian lady said "oh yes there is one around the corner near the yogurt stand."You don's call them restrooms like in the US they are"TOILETS", _because pretty much anywhere in Europe its called a toilet not restroom, _I got in line, more waiting, and then a woman, that had to be in her 40's, maybe, built like a football LB, sat on a chair and "supervised" the entrance AND the usage fee, which was 1 euro.