July 31st

We left Dubrovnik and traveled further up the coast to Split, the second largest city in Croatia.  We had another day off, so again we beached it, swimming and jumping off rocks.  Some of us then walked through the old town (sensing a theme from the history student?).  Split is one of the oldest cities in the area, with some experts dating it at over 1700 years.  Originally a Greek colony, it came under Roman possession.  Walking around, the classical architecture is still dominant.  The marble and layout of the city, with narrow streets opening up into wide squares, certainly is reminiscent of those times.