{"id":1398,"date":"2021-08-02T12:09:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T12:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2021-08-02T14:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T14:53:01","slug":"croatia-split-day-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=1398","title":{"rendered":"Croatia – Split Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Left SFO around 7:55pm on 7\/31, and took a Swiss flight from SFO to Zurich, Switzerland. The flight experience was actually really good. They served free Glenlivet (so got 4 of those), two meals (dinner and breakfast), and had blankets and pillows. They also had free snacks and bottles of water laid out for “overnight to” eating. One key decision I did also make is upgrade my seat to an exit row, where I basically had unlimited leg room. From the above, the 11 hour flight went by pretty fast (and also binge watching Below Deck season 4 while buzzed helped).<\/p>\n

When I arrived at Switzerland, didn’t have to go through passport control. However, there was security, where they did a pretty thorough screening of my personal bag (I think because there was a good amount of electronics). One thing to call out though is that the mocha from the airport did make my stomach upset.<\/p>\n

The flight from Zurich to Split went by fast (basically a bit over an hour). When arriving at Split, passport control had a pretty long line, but went through it after 20 minutes. After, there was a declarations control area, where it looked like they were randomly picking who went through it.<\/p>\n

From the Airport, we took an Uber to get to our AirBnb (30 minute drive that cost about 500 Kunas). Our AirBnB is at a pretty central location (5 minute walk from the main part of town).<\/p>\n

After settling in the AirBnb, we first had dinner at an outdoor fast food place called Fast Good 058 (where I just had fries since I wanted to stick to something basic). Then we headed to a street called Obala Hrvatskog Preporoda (translated to Coast of the Croatian Renaissance ), where they have a good amount of nightlife and restaurants\/bars going on. We checked out Roof68, where they were playing some house \/ tech house music. Drinks were ok (not cheap though), but I did like the vibe.<\/p>\n

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