Started my day with a quick walk up the hill to Marjan park. It’s very easy, only just a bunch of easy stairs to climb. Imagine chirping birds, cool breezes, the smell of pine trees. A lot like eastern Oregon, actually. Beautiful view of the Adriatic and boats sailing everywhere.

Some coffee and then to find a way to get to Trogir.  There’s a city bus but I couldn’t find the stop. Poop. So, plan b, take an intercity bus. Marginally more expensive but air-conditioned.

Trogir was nice. Small, and sleepy on a Sunday, I walked around for 2 hours and that was plenty. 

Caught a boat back. Why do I love a boat ride so much? 

Time for ice cream and a new outfit. All my cold weather clothes are way too heavy now. I’ll set those free tomorrow.

Watched a movie and had a sandwich for dinner to finish my day. 

Tomorrow it’s time to send some postcards and repack my bag. Only warm weather from here on 😁.

Happy Monday!

Had a nice sleep-in (until 8 lol), and relaxed with tea until 10. Nobody else was up at the hostel, so it was kinda like my own place for a while. Heaven!

I found a couple of podcasts about Split and walked around the old town. It was almost like a free walking tour? The streets were buzzing with tour groups. Eventually you just follow one to make walking easy lol.

Had some kind of spinach pie for lunch. For 10 kuna (less than 2 dollars) you can still get food here that’s yummy. The green market also has fresh produce for one dollar per pound, which is a great price anywhere. I bought some apricots? that were a little unripe. Still good, not very sweet. 

The museum of ethnography was a way to get some shade and a/c. Along with the usual costumes, jewelry, and decoration stuff, the museum had an exhibit on tobacco and smoking. Kinda strange until you realize that the cigarette industry was important here for a long time. The museum itself is in the 1700 year old palace. That was neat.

I’d had enough crowds. After today’s ice cream cone,  I watched a movie and charged my phone at the hostel.

After 5, the town squares really empty out. It’s easy to walk then, so that’s what I did. Took A long walk, window shopped, and listened to music.

Some silly person let me talk politics with them, so that was a great way to end my day. 

Very pleasant Saturday.

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I’ve only just walked around a little and I love it. Yes, it’s touristy. However, my hostel’s only 16 per night, and if I’m careful I won’t go over budget. That only means no fancy dinners out.

Lots to see here. Bunch of Roman ruins, possible boat trip on the Adriatic sea, awesome window shopping, some islands are nearby too.

This may be the town I get sunburned in. Already I feel slightly toasted.

Have a good day everybody!!

It was good.

The walking tour happened finally. The group was big! Almost 40 people, but the guide had a nice loud voice. Learned that Zagreb the town has only existed since the 1850s. Lots of the former Yugoslavia countries are republics that are quite young. This iteration of Croatia has only existed since 1991.

So lots to learn still about this region. The guide recommended some books about the breakup of Yugoslavia if I wanted to be saddened by man’s inhumanity to his fellow beings.

Not right now. Later.

For lunch I tried a local thing, štrukli. It was good but salty!

After lunch, I toured the botanical garden and walked all through the old town one last time.

Off to Split in the morning!

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