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Croatia – Tisno / Zadar / Plitvice Lakes Day 11

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Started the day by checking out of our mobile apartment at The Garden Resort, and then caught an Uber (after multiple attempts). The cost was 600 Kuna, so not terrible. Next time I would either have the front desk reserve a taxi, or go to Tisnotaxi.com and reserve it there (price is about the same as an Uber).

After getting to Zadar, we ate lunch at a place called Eat Me (it took a while to find a restaurant. Most of the “eating” places we found were cafes that only served drinks. Details about the restaurant can be found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2021/08/11/eat-me/

After eating, we went to the west part of Zadar to check out the Sea Organ and the Sun Salutation. The Sea Organ sounded interesting (ie. notes were a bit random), and the Sun Salutation is supposed to be over Ed during sunset or sunrise.

We also passed by St Anastasia’s Cathedral, which looked in a bit of rough shape since it was bombed in World War II.

We then picked up our rental car from XL rent a car (found through Priceline). Cost of the rental car is $550.

It took about 2 hours to get to Plitvice Lakes. Gotta say the road infrastructure all seems very modern (like the tunnels, which unfortunately I didn’t take a pic).

We had a bit of trouble finding our AirBnB at first (first time Google Maps failed us in this trip… but still wayyy better than Apple Maps in Croatia).

For dinner, since the line up was long at a restaurant we wanted to check out, we went to a local grocery store called Market Ivka and bought ingredients for wraps (salami, ham, prosciutto, wrap bread, Mayo, and lettuce).

Also did laundry in the evening. The wash cycle is pretty king (it’s 2 hrs!). The dryer “Gentle Care” setting is 50 minutes, but unfortunately didn’t fully dry my clothes.

Croatia – Tisno Day 10 (Defected Day 6)

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Last day of the Defected Croatia festival!

Started the day (pretty late) by going to brunch at a restaurant Milly recommended called Bona Fide. Details can be found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2021/08/10/bona-fide/

After, spent time packing up our place (so we could maximize sleep for check out the next day).

Then we headed out for the last party with Gorgon City (and Eats Everything). Gorgon City played the two songs I wanted (Dreams and You’ve Done Enough). Eats everything did play a song called Get Get Down which is now stuck in my head).

After the boat party, grabbed food. Got the poke bowl and the spring rolls. Probably would not get either of them again. We then chilled at our place to drink (the girls we met, Kaz and Aphrodite) brought champagne over.

Afterwards, we headed to the main stage to see Riva Starr and Inner City (can’t say I was thrilled by either). Then headed to the beach stage to catch Horse Meat Disco. Actually thought he was ok (and as his name implies, he played disco house).

Then headed back to the main stage to see Gorgon City. Definitely liked their set better at the main stage (since they didn’t go B2B with Eats Everything). Eats Everything played next, and set was similar to the boat party.

After, there was a B2B2B2B set with most of the DJs (it was pretty cool to see all of them stage). We saw Gorgon City, Eats Everything, Simon Dunmore, and Sam Divine go back to back (there were more, but wanted to head to bed a bit early for the next day). Great way to end the festival.

PS. Gorgon City posted on Twitter that they think Defected Croatia is the best festival.

Croatia – Tisno Day 9 (Defected Day 5)

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Started off the day by getting brunch at Carmen’s (yea, it’s a great restaurant). Apparently the dog at the restaurant is not Carmen (its actually named after the grandmother, Carmella). Details can be found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2021/08/09/loca-villa/

After, made our way back to our tent. We talked to the guys in charge of the tent and mobile apartments, and they said they had a mobile apartment available for the last two days of the festival for 200 euros. We obviously took it (and yea, it was fully air conditioned :)).

We then headed to the beach behind the beach stage. Didn’t get into the water, but thought it was chill (although didn’t really dig the set).

After, took a nap in our new mobile apartment (which they called it a “hostel style” sleeping arrangement).

After, chilled in the patio of our apartment, drinking wine, and ate dinner (got the Smokey burger again). We also met up with our American friends, and took some poloroid photos.

Around 9pm, headed to the beach stage and checked out Lovebirds. Totally digged his set and songs he produced (it’s like a deeper disco sound).

After, headed to the main stage and saw Carl Craig, Honey Dijon and Luke Solomon. Really liked Carl Craig (he played a good range of house music, except progressive. He played deep house, disco house, tech house, and some techno). Didn’t really enjoy Honey Dijon. For Luke Solomon, mainly a techno set, which I also enjoyed.