Hostel Trogir

... and making sure we had everything we needed.

Just went and had a short walk around and baked trout dinner at Serum which was a cool little place like being in someones living room.
Went to a couple of bars afterwards and found out why it was so quiet in Split - Sunday is the "day of the dead" (the way the barman in the first bar explained it to me) which is the day of the year that everyone visits the graves of their ...

... chilled out and went to bed.

Of course what we didn’t know is that the next day, the island was going to experience a full on storm. We were told it might rain a little that day, but raining a little was a big understatement. From the time we woke up the next morning until after we left two days later, it was POURING down rain and VERY windy. We were house-bound for 2 days. The only time we went out was one evening when the rain ...

... an hour as they swam amongst the few boats. The sun has been shining all day and we have done absolutely nothing! After breakfast we walked down to the beach, which is just a short walk from where we have parked at the campsite. Then, we played a board game and had lunch, followed by going for a swim in the ocean and relaxing on the rocks. We are about to catch the ferry from our campsite into the small town of Trogir; we can ...

... the time of Julius Caesar until 615 AD. Roman Emperor Diocletian decided to build a seaside palace in Split, near his birthplace, for use after his retirement. Construction of this oceanfront 322,000 square foot complex took ten years, from 295 to 305 AD.

Diocletian (245-316 AD) was known for reforms that changed the structure of imperial Roman government. He stabilized the Empire economically and militarily, which helped maintain it for another 150 years. Diocletian ...

... as it was called Guesthouse Tonio but it actually had a kitchen so we have been able to cook meals again! We are enjoying the ability to cook meals, and it saves us so much money!! Have spent our 2 days in Trogir chilling and soaking up the atmosphere, we spent one afternoon checking out the Castle which was pretty small compared to our usual Castles but still pretty ...

... var vi innom flere øyer. Seilruten var omtrent som følger; Marina-Vis, Vis - blå grotter - Vis, Vis - Hvar, Hvar - Lastovo, Lastovo - Brac, Brac - Marina. Småbyene vi var innom på Vis og Brac var lite spennende og ganske like egentlig. De blå grottene utenfor Vis var utrolig flotte. De fleste øyene i Kroatia har mye kalkstein og de blå grottene er en øy der havet har gravd en grotte innvendig i fjellet. Like under overflaten er det åpent ut slik at ...

... line. Hope everyone back in the states is doing well and we will be updating from Italy sometime in the next few days, so you stay classy San Diego. R and J PS, we just looked at a train map from Ancona and apparently there are some mountains in the way or something because there are no direct routes to Florence, so it maybe a while till we update again. Anyways, you will hear from us soon.

... port on the coast. Its main claim to fame is the ruins of the Roman Diocletian's palace which now houses lots of artsy and tourist shops. It was really hot but we were all up for a massively fun last night so we didn't really care. We headed out to a cool bar for our last night of cocktails and soaking up the balmy Croatian evenings. We ended up at a huge bar on a headland about 10 minutes walk away and after loads of ...

... I enjoyed a good dinner of mussels and risotto. We drank wine from Korcula, a town on the coast that we hoped to be visiting in a few days. Split is not exactly how I pictured the Dalmatian Coast to be, but it has some real charm if you give it some exploration. As we began to plan the rest of the coastal towns we wanted to see, we realized that peak season was officially over. This was evidenced by the lack of ferries traveling between places; therefore, we would ...

... guide (noticeable from the slight tilt of the head towards an over-sized handphone). From our audio guide an American woman exorts the visitor to 'behold the exquisite this and the absolute gem of that' to such an extent that Eoghan considers lobbing the thing into the Adriatic. Scene 3...A restaurant in a quiet cobbled street. We approach to look at the menu. A waiter springs from his position on a stone plinth. "Most tourists come here and they ...