Split

Day 1

Left on the 6am catamaran from Korcula Town to Split. Got on board and ate my grapes and Corny bar for breakfast, and had a little snooze too.

Got to my hostel in the lovely Narodni Trg (Narodni Square) at 9.30am and dropped off my bags. Went to have a coffee in the kafana in the sqaure, then quickly checked out Diocletians palace ruins before checking into my hostel at 11am.

Met up with S & L from my Intrepid tour at the same kafana as I had frequented earlier in the day (they obviously have good taste in coffee being fellow Melburnians), then visited Emperor Diocletian's palace

 ruins again (properly this time), then to a gorgeous hotel restaurant for lunch. After lunch I bid S & L goodbye, then went to explore the underground part of Diocletians Palace. The above ground part still has some ruins left, but the city pretty much was absorbed into it as they started building later on.   The underground part is completely preserved, and gives you an exact model of how the above ground palace would have looked back then.

Went out for dinner with some people from the hostel.  Later it was decided we would hit the pubs together. We visited 4 pubs and met lots of locals and stayed out til quite late!

Day 2

  

Woke up a lil worse for wear from the night before, and slept in til about 12pm. Went for a walk to get a slice of pizza from the Riva. Just sat on the Riva taking part in the national pastime of people watching. I went wandering around the city just exploring all the laneways and cafes.

 

Met up with the same hostel people again for a pizza dinner, and went to a few bars again. Didnt stay out that long because it was FREEZING, blowing a gale, and a storm was brewing!!