Absolutely beautiful

13.8.15
Last night I emailed An & Dy Aparts to ask where the kettle is as I have to have my morning coffee and a kettle is a booking deal breaker. (So is a patio, balcony or garden, hadn’t anticipated such crap garden furniture though)
A few minutes later a man appeared with the tiniest hairdryer I’ve ever seen. ( I was ready for bed) 
I explained no…for coffee.
Ahhh ok…
A few minutes later he appeared again.
With a Bosnian ( or maybe Croatian ) metal coffee jug with a long handle.
Ok,  don’t worry I said.
A few minutes later he reappeared with the biggest, mankiest kettle.
I rinsed and scrubbed it a few times and it still looked like it had milk in it.
Eventually it was clean

This morning I made coffee that tasted vile.
Psychological maybe? Too much red onion last night?
Boiled it a couple of times and tried again with bottled water and it was marginally better.

Ahhh…later in Split old town enjoying a proper espresso overlooking the ferry port. Lovely.

Well sort of lovely, the waitress is probably in the wrong job.
Actually she just smiled at me so I take that back.

Wandered around the market and fell in love with a dress.
Didn’t have to haggle, the lady offered a big discount without me saying anything. Quickly tried it on and sale done 🙂

We found a beautiful large square which backed on to a cake shop, Bobis, seems to be loads of them dotted around, the Croatian equivalent of Gregg’s.
Had calzone , sausage roll and beer.
Pleased to say the same ice creams are here and I had Kinder, yum.

We walked all around the beautiful old town then to the forest park at  the end of the peninsular.
It looks beautiful on the map and there are cycle paths.
I’m definitely not a cyclist but if it was flat it would be tempting to cycle around it.
So we went to investigate.
After the huge hill to get there and another big hill by the entrance to the forest it was clear it wasn’t a good plan.
Strolled for a while and admired the views before going back down again.

It’s a hot day and not pleasant on the hills.
We strolled by the harbour for a while but decided to leave this for tomorrow when we go and find a beach.
Back into the old town we decided to visit the Cathedral.

We bought a ticket to visit the baptistery, crypt and bell tower too.

More jelly leg time, huge steps but at least it wasn’t spiral like the Minaret in Mostar !

Amazing views from the top and so worth the effort.

On the way back down we saw a petrified lady and she told her friend to go on without her. We chatted to her and she came down in between us and was very grateful.

The crypt and other parts were OK, nothing over special but lovely and cool.

Found an antique and flea market which was great. Saw the same Joey money box that is a treasure within the family.
Was really tempted to buy it but it was very heavy.

John fell in love with a bell with a cast metal goat on it and offered a third off the asking price with no quibble.
It is cute.

Stopped for a drink and had the most tasteless iced coffee but Johns hot chocolate was good.
Had enough of walking, have covered many miles again! Caught the number 18 bus to a stop past where were staying as the map said shopping centre. We can never resist a shopping centre.
Found a small mall, nothing too great but the Piece de Resistance…Lidl!

People who don’t live in Turkey will not understand the excitement of a Lidl.
So our little fridge currently contains millions of calories, biscuits, deserts, chocolate and got a bottle of Vermouth for £3!
John even got some running shorts.
Our next stop is one of the Islands so we figured it could be the last time we see such goodies.
Going to be interesting transporting it all.

Bought  Bratwurst sausages, bread and Mayo and made chunky sandwiches and used up the mushrooms and will have onion breath again tomorrow.
Probably sounds bizarre on holiday but we have no idea when we will see Bratwurst again!
It went down well with Asti Spumante.

Absolutely love Split and looking forward to seeing the seaside part tomorrow.

Observations and comparisons to Bosnia :-

Its very hilly
People are generally more cheerful here
Graffiti but nowhere near as much
Only get given one sachet of sugar with my espresso’s instead of 2 in Bosnia and no glass of water with it.
Tommy’s is the main supermarket chain. They’re everywhere!
The architecture is very similar to Rome
Doesn’t seem to be as much smoking
Quite a few older men around the town sitting around drinking beer
Haven’t seen any beggars apart from a guy asking for cigarettes today- so many beggars in Mostar and Sarajevo, women with babies and small children were singing to try and get money there.