Split

Well, cruising in to Split, seeing the size, the high-rise buildings etc, we just looked at each other and said ‘I want to go back to Hvar - it’s only 1 hr away!’
Nevertheless, we spent that afternoon mooching and shopping about the place and found the ruins of the Diocletian's Palace quite intriguing.
The palace was a Roman fortress and palace which Emperor Diocletian built late 3rd century as a place to retire. The only Emperor to ever ‘retire’ by the sounds. It's the only living monument in the world, with people still living inside - 3000 of them still.
It seems the medieval buildings around here are more prone to sideways movement and bulging. Some are braced up. Movement in buildings or ground?
We have another ‘special’ accommodation. I’ll post videos at the end I think as Nicki has dutifully filmed most I’m pretty sure. This one is across from a music school so we have almost a symphony orchestra playing to us from early-ish till in to the evening.
We were feeling over sharing city spaces with fellow tourists so made a plan to ‘get outa town’ the next day.
Sadly I’ve not got photos of the waterfront of Split or the Port - we were just in a despondent mood and overlooked it simply because we loved Hvar so much.Read more