Split, Croatia

After cruising the Dalmatian Coast for the past eight days, our cruise has come to an end. While the cruise experience could have done with some small improvements, overall it has been a great experience, made even better by the people we met and bonded with on our first day onboard. After an early breakfast we disembarked, farewelling many of our fellow travellers. With time to kill we spent the morning with Gill and Steph while they also waited for ferries and planes to catch. We just weren’t ready to say goodbye.

Finally with our sad goodbyes said we made our way to our accommodation to drop off our luggage, put on some washing and then headed back out to see Split in the daylight. Being a Saturday when cruises were ending and starting there were a lot of people in town. We managed to make our way to the fresh fruit and veggie markets to buy some juicy peaches, wandered through the gates to Old Town and marvelled once again at the history of this place. It certainly is a bustling town.

We settled on a restaurant on the Riva promenade for a lunch of pizza and a local beer and wine and it was a pleasant stop. After a bit more exploring and admiring the town we opted for a night in so I could rest my bruise covered legs, the result from the cliff jumping incident, with plans to head out early the next day before the town fills with tourists again.Read more