6.00 - C and I rise for a morning run. We intended to do 4 miles, but we got completely lost, and by the time we got back to the hotel, we had done over 6. Oops. It's still hot and way humid, but S assures us that as we take on the last half of our Croatian journey, the weather will cool off significantly.
8.45 - S and I are packed and clean. We grab a pastry on the way to tour the cathedral, baptistry, and crypt in Diocletian's Palace. The place was packed with tourists on a port-o-call from a big cruise ship, so there were small groups of people following tour guides with strident voices. It made the entire experience in the cathedral a little disappointing. The highlight was the few minutes that we were totally alone in the crypt, but as we were leaving, S kept turning around to make sure that I hadn't turned into a zombie. Mu-ha-ha.
After that, we did a little shopping for honeys - success! We found rosemary, cherry, fig, peach, and raisin.
10.45 - check-out of the hotel, followed by a quick walk to catch our airport shuttle. Once at the airport, it took us a good while to get on the road. There was some mix-up with the rental car reservation, so we had to replace our first car (which was an economy and didn't fit all of our bags) with a full-size. Once we were on the road, the driving was fine, and we arrived at our pension at 3.30pm.
We checked in easily, dropped our bags, and headed out for lunch. C, E, and S got pizza, but I ordered a local meat pie speciality that I'd been seeing on menus since Dubrovnik. I stuck to seafood before, but now that we're in land, I'm shifting to meat. The meat was delicious! Lamb and beef, spiced, and filled with a little bit of cheese. Yum!
The restaurant we ate at was also doubled as a ski equipment shop and what looks like it could only be a training hill. Here's S in front of the shop (which was closed):
We checked in easily, dropped our bags, and headed out for lunch. C, E, and S got pizza, but I ordered a local meat pie speciality that I'd been seeing on menus since Dubrovnik. I stuck to seafood before, but now that we're in land, I'm shifting to meat. The meat was delicious! Lamb and beef, spiced, and filled with a little bit of cheese. Yum!
The restaurant we ate at was also doubled as a ski equipment shop and what looks like it could only be a training hill. Here's S in front of the shop (which was closed):
And C and I in front of the lift.
We wondered if perhaps the lift took skiers over the hill to another part of the mountain with more skiing, but a quick review of the trail map suggested otherwise:
After dinner, a quick drive around town to get our bearings, and then back to the pension for a chill night. I did some laundry, am going through emails, etc. We've been talking about a very early start tomorrow to beat the heat, so it might be an early night to bed for us all...
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