First things first. The lack of pictures. Well the eyepod seemed to be behaving itself but recently I have tried to use some pictures imported from Crispys eyephone and my antiquated eyepod does not like it. 4 times I have written, saved and tried to publish yestetdays blob and everytime it cocks up. Ive asked Crispy to put the pictures on facetube instead.
I really cannot be faced with doing it again.
Any how yesterday was lovely. It was nice to be back in split. The reason that we decided to stop off here on our way to the final destination of Dubrovnik was to see Diocletians palace which we missed out on last time. Diocletian was a well liked emperor who actually made it to retirement. A rare feat for a Roman emperor. It seems he spent his career persecuting christians and spent his retirement in Split growing cabbages. He was a keen vegetable grower in his dotage and was a regular winner of the local allotment vegetable competitions. Crispy loves a nice cabbage so is drawn to dear old Diocletian and was keen to have a look at his rubble.
To be honest it was a tad disappointing. There is not much to see and it is let down by the amount of information given and lack of imagination in its presentation.
As we entered a large underground cellar within the foundations of the palace a video was starting. We sat down in anticipation expecting to be regailed with reconstructions of the palace in its golden years and amazing CGI. Nothing of the sort. It was some arty farty nonsense by a weird Vietnamese artist and involved two men running around a forest at night with torches ?........ WTF............ utter rubish and nothing to do with dear old Dio or his palace. It was ten minutes of our lives we will never get back. As a tip if you go to Split don't pay to go into the palace basements. Its not worth it. Instead walk through the underground market next to them. It is the best preserved part and is totally free. Plus you can buy a little figure of a roman god with a great big willy if you feel so inclined.
We had designs on an early night but on the way back to the apartment we came across a Spar. We sat up on the terrace till midnight. Crispy working her way through three litres of white lightning and me with my two pound bottle of local red wine........
We needed an early night as we had to catch the 7:40 ferry to Dubrovnik.
Despite the not so early night we managed it and are now in Dubrovnik.
Recently renamed Kings Landing after the hit TV show game of thrones.
Tomorrow we plan to explore but for now its off to find a Spar for Crispy.
Bare and Crispy signing off Kings Landing, Westeros (Dubrovnik)
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