In Rovinj we excitedly walked to the aquarium, which though it had several examples of Aegean sea wildlife, it was very small and run-down. Then we got lost in the residential area because of Chris's lack of attention to detail on maps. Eventually we righted ourselves and enjoyed the main part of town. We walked up and down lots of narrow alleys. In the middle of town at the top of the hill we finally found the cathedral we had been looking for. It had beautiful courtyards and awesome views of the sea. We were able to walk right down to the sea and sit on rocks. Then we walked over to the marina, explored a few more streets, and found the monastery. Feeling we had experieced Rovinj to the best of our ability, we returned to the boat.
 |
| Rovinj Sept 2009 |
The next day in Split we had our first excursion, canoeing on the Cetina river. We had a beautiful drive from the coast of Dalmatia through the mountains to the river. At the river we met our Croatian guides and slipped into wetsuits. The water was cold! We canoed (well they call it canoeing, but it was a raft for 3 people and the first 2 people have canoe paddles and the third person in the back of the raft steer with a kayak paddle) 12 km in 2:20. The scenery was nice, and we had a few rapids. We saw ducks and fish. I did not particularly enjoy wearing the wetsuit. The wouldn't let us take the camera :-( so I have the scenery embedded in my mind. After lunch we returned to the town of Split and had just enough time to go to Diocletian's palace. I was impressed, it was much more intact than the Roman ruins in, say, Rome. Also Diocletian's palace is still thriving today, it was filled with shops and other things, it is a big part of the town. We walked through and bought our Split shot glass, and had some gelato as well.
 |
| Split Sept 2009 |
No comments:
Post a Comment