8/26 - we slept until 11 am, then explored the city of Split, Croatia, which has so much history that I can’t even attempt to address it here! The middle of town is a huge palace built by the Romans before Christ was born. More on this later.

We arrived in Split at midnight. 34 hours without sleep. Our driver from the airport told us his harrowing experience avoiding the wildfires that sprouted here two weeks ago. He saved the house where he was living by dousing it inside and out with water. But everything around it was destroyed.

That’s okay because the Amsterdam airport had lots of natural beauty to calm you down and pick you up.

Paul and I are in Croatia! It was an adventure getting here, as we missed our connecting flight in Paris (Jill, you told us to avoid the Charles-DeGaul airport!) even though we had over an hour to make it, and had to be re-routed through Amsterdam.