Day 6--Split

 Last night during our nightly port talk the Captain announced that there were heavy winds expected.  In order to avoid them and keep us safe, they changed our itinerary to Split today. We will still stop at the scheduled ports just not in that order. We left earlier last night sometime while we were in bed.  Today as the sun was rising we pulled into the port of Split.  We were told that any time we have a banana split, we'll think of Split.

Zoran gave a lecture last night on the Roman Empire and talked about how the Roman's came to this area.  I was very tired, but managed to stay awake to listen to the talk.  I'm glad I did, because it all tied in with the tour today.  

Our local tour guide was excellent.  He added humor into the tour and had a great voice that was easy to understand for those of us who have a hearing problem.

 It turned out to be a gorgeous day.  

Here's our tour guide who is going to take us through the palace.

Whenever we see this symbol, we know this is going to be interesting.  Do you know what this symbol stands for?

Can you see the excitement in his face?  Talking about old places, 2,700 years old!

It's so nice to be the only group touring the castle.  I can't imagine how crowded it would be if big cruise ships were in town along with all the tourist that come by train or bus.  

These stones were all hand chisled to follow the curves of this room.  Remember built in 305 AD!

People have lived in the palace continuously for over 3,000 years.

You can really appreciate how nice it is to travel with only 17 people compared to thousands.  

The Romans had fresh running water and sewage.  These are the pipes.

The Cathedral is the longest running Cathedral in all of Europe.

Can you see this key?  There are 3 of the 4 gates still standing today.

After the Palace tour our local guide took for a walk through Split.  It's a beautiful town.  Very clean and friendly people.

 Maybe it's time we watch the Game of Thrones.

Zoran suggested we walk up these 200 plus steps to get a view of the city.  Bill and I weren't interested in the Christmas markets so we "took a hike".  For all of my blog readers who followed along on the Sicily trip, Bill avoided getting near the cat.

I'll post some photos from the hill we climbed.  It was very warm by the time we got to the top, but worth the climb.

Time to find some cooler clothes, a glass of wine, and finish my book.

Turtle Safely........