Croatia
One disadvantage of a middle-of-the-plane seat was the inability to get any good pictures of the water cannon salute on arrival, and photos of the sorry excuse for "breakfast" just aren't very fulfilling. The gate itself also didn't have much of a view of the plane on arrival, and they shooed us all out through to immigration pretty quicky, so the arrival festivities were pretty muted this time around.
That said, once you cleared immigration, the event did pick back up, with a bunch of local press taking pictures and some greeters in traditional dress. Then, all too quickly, things were over and it was time to head outside and head to the hotel.
The Sheraton restaurant, Lungo Mare, had a promising menu of seafood, but it turns out it was mostly for dinner. Lunch selection was much more limited and far too deep fried, but given my room wasn't ready at such an early hour, it wasn't like I wanted to wander very far, and it was kind of nice to soak in the beach view.