Split

Getting off the ferry from Hvar we were again bombarded by people trying to rent out their apartments to us and so after a little negotiation we set off following an unpleasant lady to her apartment located within the old town of Split. Since we were arriving in town late in the afternoon we just managed to wander around the old part of town for about an hour before finding a grocery store to buy supplies for dinner. After that we just returned to the apartment where we met a couple of Swedish girls staying next to us and then proceeded to enjoy cooking dinner and spending the night relaxing in the apartment.

The following morning we set off in search of the fresh fish and vegetable market so that we could get some supplies for that nights dinner. We easily located the fruit and vegetable market and after buying our supplies we wandered around assuming that the fish market was nearby but after 30 minutes of searching we still hadn't found it. So after asking several people we eventually found the fish market all the way on the other side of the old town and finished getting the supplies for dinner before returning to our apartment to drop them off. After dropping our dinner supplies off at our apartment we set off to do some sightseeing in the old town. We started with the Diocletian Palace which is essentially most of the old town of Split as the palace has been converted into numerous stores and apartments in recent years. Even though there weren't very many fancy buildings that remained that we could enter just wandering around the streets was still quite beautiful. One of the remnants of the palace is the excavated remains of the basement which have the exact same floor plan as the above ground level. In the basement we were able to see several cavernous rooms including one where a wine press used to operate. After the basement we visited the St Duje Cathedral which was a fascinating old cathedral complete with a huge bell tower and a treasury showing the standard religious icons. Lastly we visited the small Jupiter's temple which is a small and plain building on the outside, but inside there is some carving, a basin for holding water and a statue.

After seeing these sights and wandering around the city some more we made our way back to our apartment to enjoy a home cooked meal before heading out to visit a Croatian night club with our Swedish neighbours.

We awoke the next morning and set off hoping to do a little shopping and to visit some museums. However upon exiting the building we quickly found out that everything seemed to shut down on Sunday's in Split. So we spent most of the morning just wandering the streets outside of the old town and seeing some interesting statues (including one where rubbing the toe was considered good luck). The day was mostly passed in this manner or just relaxing in parks as there was almost nothing to do as even the museum we wanted to see was closed.

Our final day in Split was spent getting up early and rushing to a specific store where I hoped to replace my broken Tevas. Unfortunately upon entering the store I discovered they didn't have my size but was recommended a place in Zagreb where we were heading next. So after this we returned to the apartment, grabbed our bags and made our way to the bus station. At the bus station we boarded a bus bounded for Zadar where we planned to spend the day before heading to Zagreb that night.










Lianne standing in the basement of the Palace.




















A square just outside the Diocletian Palace. This is what most of the buildings and streets (although not this wide) in the area looked like.



















The Peristyle which is the main open square inside the Palace.