split, um, banana?
Here's the last batch of Split photos, showing all manner of zaniness:
Beth and I spent a lot of time walking around the center of the city. There are no cars, and the streets, as you can see, are paved with marble: a nice touch! Classy.
Beth is doing some window shopping here. Split is a very touristed city, and there are a ton of stores selling all kinds of stuff. We didn't do a lot of shopping, but I was impressed by the helpful advice our guidebook gave. It listed the Croatian phrase for "do you have any..." and then a list of vocabulary: "toothbrush", "comb", and, strangely, "chainsaw." Oh, how we laughed at that, thinking it was a joke! But then we saw a man walking down the street with a chainsaw (no hockey mask, though)... so maybe it's a Croatian thing, and I wouldn't understand...
Here's the Riva at night, taken from our ferry. The city is as beautiful as our cabin was tiny, smelly and disgusting. (Now let us never again speak of our ride on the Ferry of the Damned.)
Finally, the sight that greeted us on our return to Italy:
Sunrise over Ancona, welcoming us back to the good ol' boot. Hooray!
Beth and I spent a lot of time walking around the center of the city. There are no cars, and the streets, as you can see, are paved with marble: a nice touch! Classy.
Beth is doing some window shopping here. Split is a very touristed city, and there are a ton of stores selling all kinds of stuff. We didn't do a lot of shopping, but I was impressed by the helpful advice our guidebook gave. It listed the Croatian phrase for "do you have any..." and then a list of vocabulary: "toothbrush", "comb", and, strangely, "chainsaw." Oh, how we laughed at that, thinking it was a joke! But then we saw a man walking down the street with a chainsaw (no hockey mask, though)... so maybe it's a Croatian thing, and I wouldn't understand...
Here's the Riva at night, taken from our ferry. The city is as beautiful as our cabin was tiny, smelly and disgusting. (Now let us never again speak of our ride on the Ferry of the Damned.)
Finally, the sight that greeted us on our return to Italy:
Sunrise over Ancona, welcoming us back to the good ol' boot. Hooray!
posted by Andrew | 10:09 PM
2 Comments:
Andrew - how was the trip back in the ferry? Just as disgusting? Wonderful pictures.... thanks for posting them. And a mighty fine food blog, too!
Mom
Let's just say that we spent our fifth wedding anniversary in a first class cabin on the ferry back to Italy, but it was no better than the second class cabin we had on the ride over to Croatia. Andrew tells me that the ferries to Sicily are much nicer. I was just happy to have a cabin, unlike the time I was on the overnight ferry from Samos to Athens when I slept (1) on deck, (2) in the smoking lounge, and finally, (3) the bar.
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