Sunday 31711

Today we woke up, had probably the most filling breakfast so far, and hopped on the bus for Split. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split,_Croatia

the city is old, having roots that go back to pre-Roman times, it was a small trading/port city for a while, then the Romans got involved, Diocletian built a palace there, which is part of the toursty bit. i wandered around alone which, is the first time ive ever wandered around some historic place alone, its usually with parents or students or whatever, but for much of the time i was wandering around the old palace i was completely alone.

ive meandered through ancient stuff before, but never alone, this was different, i feel i appreciated it more, like touching the walls and knows that this was handcarved by somebody 1700 years ago, that multiple generations of people went into the construction of what i was walking through, over 80 generations ago, that is awesome, in the fullest sense of the word.

the man

the palace

the 1700 year old imports luxury goods

also i wandered into a church that i had to sneak pictures from the hip sorry for the blurryness, but this place is pretty old, dating back to the 16th century i believe.

said church's belltower

sorry, i dont think there is any public place in the city in which you can get a good picture, so its a lil obstructed, but you get the idea, also a shot of the tower from a hole through a roof, and a shot of that roof from the tower.

so yeah, since lately we have been doing touristy things, there isnt too much substance to my blog, these past 2 cities, while absolutely fascinating, are more history (which i love) than conflict resolution, as they only caught some shells, and didnt witness any extensive violence.

tomorrow we are on the road again, stopping in Knin. more to follow