8/29 - Today we went for a hike in the Marjan Park. This is a huge park just west of Split. It used to be a volcano. It has all kinds of structures from all times in history. splitholiday.com/top-attra…
8/29 - it is hot here. Just look at Paul’s shirt. 90 degrees plus most days. After the hike, we ate at the Downtown Grill, which featured BBQ. Across the street was an interesting diner as well. I had Split’s signature dish, black risotto. The little boxes are cat houses for the tons of feral cats.
8/29-feral cat houses
8/29- For our last night on our own in Split, we ate on the rooftop of a restaurant named Art-a-coke ( pronounced “choke”). We had to promise to be out of there by 7:30 pm to get a seat. As we left, we looked back and saw them showing a movie on the adjacent wall.
8/29- some scenes from walking around after dinner. We listened to more music, and noted that Split proudly displays its Olympic medalists with plaques on the promenade by the water.
8/30- Our instructions are to be at the Hotel Coronaro at 8am dressed, fed and ready to ride bicycles. So we left the apartment for the last time. Reception told us it would cost 65 Euros each to eat there, so we walked across the street and got pastries for 9 Euros total. Graffiti is gone!
8/30-We all got on a bus and were taken to a rural area outside of town. We found out we are the only two in the entire group riding “acoustic” bikes. Everyone else in the group is on electrIc bikes. Our fearless leader, Rueben, had to wait for skydivers to touch down before he gave his spiel.
8/30-Today’s ride is through an agricultural area outside of Split-Our first chance to see rural Croatia. It was very hot and Rhe started having troubles. We called the leaders, MIA, Hanna, and Rueben, and soon Hanna showed up in the van To give her a ride back while Paul soldiered on to the end.
8/30-that night we had beer and cider with amazing labels! And the view from the top of the Coronaro hotel was fabulous!
8/31-Started out with a hearty breakfast at the hotel breakfast bar . This is no Best Western breakfast, I tell you. I could only capture a portion of it in the picture. And you had the option of ordering from a full menu if you couldn’t find anything to your liking….
8/31-After breakfast we made our way down to the water and boarded a boat to Brac (pronounced like “scratch” with a”br”). We had a yacht to ourselves for the day. We got our “route rap” discussing the plan for the day onboard, then disembarked to start the ride.
8/31-After the boat ride, we headed across the island on our bicycles.
8/31-We stopped for coffee, then started a climb. The heat required another rescue for Rhe ( I love Backroads support!) and at the top of the climb they were preparing for a bocce tournament of dozens of teams throughout the islands. Hannah and Mia had a special treat for us of local cheeses.
