Split - 3rd October

We get up this morning and go down to the market for breakfast.  After eating some Burek, and purchasing some locally produced fruit and other supplies, we take another walk through the town.  The sea is much calmer today so the Sea Organ is nowhere near as loud. Also as disappointing there are quite a few tour groups around this time.

After checking out we get a local bus back to the bus station (we aren’t walking again) and then we get a bus to Split. This journey is a bit longer than we hoped as it is a slow bus stopping frequently, but it does give us a great sea view of the Dalmatian coast.  This has to be one of the great coast roads, with island after island of all shapes and sizes just across the water.  In fact one of the most spectacular bits was the one part with no islands, just because that was so unusual.

Split itself is a much bigger town than Zadar, but the bus eventually gets through the traffic to the bus station, where we are greeted by all the old women looking to rent out rooms.  We get one that is pretty decent and central, and then we begin to explore the town.  First up a trip to the beach, and then a trip to the old town, which is all built in the ruins of the palace of a Roman Emperor.  It is all pretty cool, although a bit confusing with all the small streets. 

After that, and some failed shopping experiences, we go for a walk up a hill overlooking the town in the hope of seeing another spectacular sunset, but the trees in the forest get in the way, so we go back to town for a pizza in a highly recommended restaurant before going back to our lodgings.  Unfortunately we didn’t see that it was under some sort of youth club when we were checking in, so we have to put up with them practicing some sort of folk dancing as we try to get to sleep (ok we were going to bed slightly early, but these after school activities seem to go on much later than in the UK).