Split, day 1

We woke up at about 6 this morning to make the 7:30 ferry from Brac to Split. Split is the largest city in Croatia, or at least the second largest behind the capital Zagreb. There is an incredible amount of history here surrounding Diocletian's palace that is 1700 years old. Parts of it are now a market of sorts with goods ranging from jewelry to paintings. The cathedral next door allows visitors to go inside the bell tower (by the way, the bells, when they ring, are amazing). We plan to go do that tomorrow as well as probably our own walking tour of the city. Split is our first taste of a big city in Croatia and it is our last stop on our Croatia Tour 2006. Kind of sad really. The time just flew by and we are going to have so many fantastic memories of our time here.
The apartment we've rented here in Split is owned by a New York City-born Croatian and her husband. They moved here about 3 years ago and also own a small cafe around the corner. It is great to talk to someone who speaks and understands English. Conversing with the locals has been wonderful, but there are only so many sign language clues you can give. We've also found oursevlves asking 'how do you say...' in the middle of our own conversations with each other. I think the lack of sleep is catching up with us big time. Burning the candle at both ends will eventually. But we all agree that the exhaustion is well worth what we've experienced.
There are supposed to be some cool bars and clubs in Split so we'll see what kind of nightlife adventures we can have here.
I will try to post some pictures but blogspot seems to be having issues with that for some reason. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Funny that way.