Splitting images of somewhere else

The ferry to Vis, my next workaway, leaves from Split. Unlike Dubrovnik which has become a Game of Thrones theme park, Split is still a working town even though it has a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Diocletian’s Palace was a huge complex rather like the Forbidden City in Beijing; little remains but the walls. I rather like the way the city has absorbed the ruins into itself without a great deal of fuss.
Its dramatic coastal mountains act as the perfect backdrop to the turquoise waters of the Adriatic; and help divert attention from the dozens of shabby high-rise apartment blocks that fill its suburbs.Читать далее