Hotel Adriana Split

... beach again as it was such a nice day.<br>Walked to Marjan Forest Park and hired bikes and rode around park. Some pretty steep hills but awesome views from the top of the park and heaps fun going back down.<br>Went back to Fife for dinner since it was so awesome and so cheap and had tripe and roast veal.<br>Fife is some of the best and best value food I've had in ages. Especially compared to most of the other touristy places in Split

We were really excited to finally get to a Croatian island. We took a ferry from Split to the island of Hvar. It's a really small island where pretty much the only thing to do there is go to the beach. We didn&#8217;t have a place to stay booked because we knew about the "sobes." They are apartments locals rent out to tourists for really good deals (especially in October when it&#8217;s on the border of shoulder season and off season). The second ...

... who actually retired in Split. (Most emperors rule until they die but he actually had other plans for his life.) He built an enormous palace/retirement home right on the water in what is now the main town area of Split. Most of the palace is still intact yet over the years, people have been allowed to move into the walls of the palace. So now what you have is medieval homes built in the middle of the palace. Some aren&#8217;t even that old looking. There are also ...

After we left the park, the drive down to where we are now was spectacular, although a bit different than I pictured Croatia to be-it is a lot rockier and a bit more like what we thought Greece would be like. Our second campsite was just before the town of Zadar in a town called Nin; we pulled in and this funny little man came up to us-there was no way we could say no to his smiling face even if the campsite was horrible! Luckily ...

... say that the daily routine of Croatia was repetitive yet simple. Wake up at 8am for breakfast ... this was quite easy as our cabin was next to the kitchen. I made it to every breakfast, Benny made one. Breakfast on the first day was amazing - omlette of bacon and cheese with bread. The bar was set very high. Unfortunately this was never met again, as future breakfasts were bread with spread, various meats, "juice" and tea/coffee. <br><br>This was followed by sunbaking on the deck (I'd ...

... is, besides that I&#8217;m an ocean girl. It was hotter today and almost intolerable to sit in the sun for more than 15 minutes before it was physically necessary to get in the water. Even the shock of the cold only lasted for so long once you were out again. Gabe set up the umbrella immediately and sat under it all day, going for the occasional swim with me and in the high heat of the day heading to the grocery store for ...

... we headed off to the docks to kill the next couple of hours, along the way we passed the mole covered woman from the train, she was searching through a mans wallet seeing what her find had to offer her. No wonder she had been so anxious to get off the train earlier. Split is a weird sort of place, a mix of old beauties and new industrial ugliness. Even the people here seem to reflect its cities two faces.

... streets, stunning waterfront, windy and confusing alleys, the works...  It helps that Split was the retirement home to Roman Emperor Diocletian in the 7th century.  He built a massive palace here that eventually housed all of the old town once he passed on.  That same waterfront palace also doesn't deter tourists from visiting as it provides quite the beautiful setting for any getaway.  We were lucky enough to stay in the middle of the old town in a hostel that decided to ...

I've been on the bus ride from hell this afternoon. 5 hours from Dubrovnik to Split in a bus with ample legroom for a dwarf, no air conditioning at 35 degrees, and Satan himself behind the wheel. I kid you not, he was overtaking cars round blind corners on windy coastal roads. It's the only time on this trip that I have literally feared for my life. We also got our passports checked ...