Day 66 Split

Saturday February 9, 2008.

We arrived at 7am – not completely refreshed but much better than if we had been in a second class coach.

We quickly found an apartment through the tourist place – a Sobe – 500 Kuna per night (400 if we stay more than 1 night). The proprietor walked to the station to help us find the place. It was small but inexpensive and should be fine – although there is a scent from a stand-up freezer in the room that is not very pleasant.

We lie down and sleep until 12. We then struck out by foot. We grabbed a couple sandwiches – most of the museums were clasping but we did see a Gallery of the most famous Croatian artist – I really enjoyed his work.

The town is charming – basically built in 200 AD and people are still living in it. We wander around exploring using the foot tour from our Lonely Planet guide book. We also grab a cappuccino on the huge seaside promenade. We look into bus tickets to Dubrovnik – our waitress from last night said it was not to be missed so we are seriously considering heading there tomorrow.

We hit a gallery of a local artist Emanuel Vidovec – one of the most famous Croatian artists. His work was very intriguing – much f it required a large distance to actually understand the subject – when one got close it dissipated into a mass of paint- with no real lines. There were a couple pieces I really liked – one of them depending on your angle seemed to change – it looked like you were looking through fog – I still cannot comprehend how the illusion was created and even more amazing is how he painted the piece – he must have touched some paint on the canvas and then moved 30 feet away to see its effect.

Day 66 sounds like a lot – it feels like we only have a few more days left – but that is probably because we are closing in on our next country hop.

I finished another book – A Venetian Reckoning by Donna Leon and picked up new one at a used book store – Freefall by Kyle Mills.

When we eventually retire for the evening.

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