Split, Trogir, Blue Lagoon

Today was another scorching day in Split. Luckily we had planned a boat/sightseeing/snorkeling trip and we were up early for breakfast and the walk to the pier to meet our crew at 9:30 am. Our captain was a super fun guy called Ivan and we went out with 3 other couples and 1 other teen for a half day of fun. First, we drove for about 30 minutes in the speedboat. The boys were laid out on the back deck, living their best lives. We arrived at Trogir, a small city on a small peninsula that is >2000 years old. There was a crumbling fortress called Kula Kamerlengo to see, but we spent most of our time walking the narrow stone streets. We did some shopping and when they said that this city was known to have one of the oldest gelaterias in Europe, we knew what we were having for second breakfast. Side note: Croatia's gelato is good, but no match for Italy/Sicily - still the winners of the 'best gelato in the world' contest. After the stop, we hopped back on the boat and cool captain Gideon drove the boat to the next spot (while requesting and singing It's Time by Imagine Dragons). I was never that cool at 9 YO. We ended up in a beautiful blue cove with clear cool water to jump into from the boat and snorkeling. We snorkeled there for about an hour and then were back on the boat for a snack, and drinks, and then on to the Blue Lagoon, a popular boating and snorkeling spot. Captain Hudson drove this time and the rest of us just enjoyed the ride. We swam from the boat to a spot between 2 islands where you could touch on the rocks and scoped out sea urchins and fish. Tige realized that he lost his sunglasses on the swim (not sure why he was swimming with them:) and somehow, just as we had given up and were nearly back to the boat, Gideon dived down about 12 feet and found them near an anchored boat. I wouldn't have believed it if I weren't there. We sped back to the marina and arrived a bit late at around 3 pm. We ended up grabbing food at the market for a picnic and ate on a bench with the pigeons nearby. I thought that I was grabbing a bit of butter for the bread and when I opened it it had the most terrible stench. Maslac = butter, but what I had grabbed adjacent to the butter was kvasac, which was yeast. So gross that it makes Marmite look appetizing.

After that, we walked for about 20 minutes to one of the rare sand beaches. It was fine (but I was done with the sun) but I think that we all agree that we prefer pebble beaches to sand in Croatia. It keeps the water so pristine and beautiful. We walked home and showered and Tige and I went around the corner and picked up sandwiches, wings, and fries and we ate and hung out, introducing them to Batman Begins. Tomorrow we have our last hours in Split and then grabbing a rental car and heading inland.Weiterlesen