Our first destination is already a different country – Croatia! I had been here before but that was many moons ago while working on yachts and I really didn’t remember anything about it so I signed up for a Guruwalks tour.

We met at 10am for a concise but fact-filled trip through the old town, which was originally completely enclosed within the ancient 4th C. private palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. When Rome fell in 5-6th C. people moved inside the old palace’s walls for protection and there the city remained until the 11thC when overcrowding caused them to finally start building outside; ergo, much of the Roman infrastructure remains to this day.

After the tour, on the suggestion of the guide, I headed up a steep road for a nice overlook of the City. It turned out to be a glorious day for walking so I kept on going for a couple of miles through Marjan Park and ended up doing a loop up to the top of the hill where a huge flag flies proudly over Split, then returned back down knee-breaking stairs to the esplanade.

I thought to pick up a few snacks for enjoying with my sundowners on my balcony so I popped into a local grocery store. Only to find it built in and amongst ancient columns and arches! Talk about living with history!

Back to the ship for a very late lunch and a rest before meeting up with my new FB friends and BC friends for dinner. It’s all assigned seating for dinner so we had to make a special request for our own table but now we’ve a table of 8 of people we’d like to sit with rather than random strangers.