Geo: 44.8739, 13.8453We traveled from Split to Pula yesterday in the rain. You may recall we were complaining about the 90 plus temps in Dubrovnik. Well folks, we barely made the 60's today, and we are back in long pants. As we titled this entry, the amphitheater here is nothing short of amazing. The outside is essentially intact even though the construction began before Christ was born and completed in AD 14. Inside, well you recall the Church and Middle Ages, those folks again stole parts (people quarry your own stone!). Nonetheless, even the inside remains impressive. This was Great!! Even Bird was impressed. She worries if HP will remain sane in Rome.A bit of history now. The amphitheater was extremely fortunate to make it to us. The Venetians, you recall those not nice folks, considered ... read more

Geo: 43.729, 15.9056We also traveled to Sibenik today to see the Cathedral of St. James. Construction began in 1431 taking 105 years to complete. The delay was produced by the Turks attempting to overrun the area and plague. The outside is fairly average, so no pictures, while the interior is a little better. The aspect we were most impressed with were the statues carved out of wood, one of which we include.We would be remiss not to include Bird's most impressive shoehorn of HP parking yet. And no Baby Bird and Doozer we did not listen to your favorite songs Cotton Fields and King of the Road as we composed this.... read more

Geo: 43.524, 16.8178Traveled from Dubrovnik to Split (both in Croatia) yesterday with a brief stop in Omis. The latter has a massive gorge through solid rock with a flowing river into the sea. Our only picture, however, is of a spring flowing out of solid rock. There is also a picture of a cute town hugging the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Arriving in Split Sheila made contact with our host, and shoe horned Fred again into an impossibly small parking spot. Fred demanded to immediately walk the full three minutes from our apt to Diocletian's Palace. More on that tomorrow.Upon returning from Dio's small house, we stopped at the market for wine, bread and cheese. Unbelievably, the most resourceful Handsome Pop later found a way to stream the Falcon's game, all the more enjoyable as ... read more

Geo: 42.6537, 18.0948Today we "walked the wall" of Dubrovnik beginning a bit after 17:00 (5pm for folks in the US). It was a balmy 90 something, so we each sweated like pigs. One might imagine a wall around a city is level...well no. There are many steps up and down, but we began at the section which is the lowest so most of our stairs up were completed early. The old town of Dubrovnik is quite large (we have a picture for you) where folks lived, ate, and visited the restroom (we shutter to think of the result here without modern plumbing). Guess that is why plagues occurred so often.We did have perhaps out best dinner so far in the old town. Both of us opted for sea bass (not from Chile), which was quite good, ... read more

Geo: 44.7804, 15.6349So you can sue us twice as here are a few more pictu... read more