Split is the second largest city in Croatia and has a population of 178,000. One of the major draws here, other than the beautiful harbour where you catch the ferry to Hvar, is Diocletian’s Palace. It is one of the most imposing Roman ruins in existence and the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who was noted for his persecution of Christians, had it built as his retirement residence between AD 245-313. He must have had a few bucks to spare as it’s quite the palace, or I should say was in its day. Today it is neither a palace nor a museum but rather the living heart of the city and was a fabulous place to take a few pictures within its walls. You will see Marilyn and I having another cappuccino, which are fabulous. You’ll also see Jim probably looking for us but we obviously know where he is, hence the picture. The market was full of fresh fruit, flowers, vegetables, nuts, lavendar and all kinds of clothes………we however really only took advantage of the consumables as I’m already lugging too much stuff. From Split we are catching the ferry to Hvar which I am so excited too visit!