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Croatia, etc. Day #7 “Let’s Split Then It’s Off to Zagreb”

by reissmd, posted in Split, Croatia

Last night we had a wonderful dinner at Dvor (Put Firula 14, 21000, Split) at the recommendation of our tour director, Gabby. By the way, Gabby has been a true delight on this trip. She is well informed and always looking to make our experience a pleasant journey. Back to Dvor. The restaurant was superb. The food was great in taste and presentation, the service was excellent, and the location ideal (we had a table from where we could see the beach and the Adriatic). I think Dvor caters to rich Americans but unfortunately only one of those adjectives apply to us. Our waiter, Zvone, was great. His English was excellent. He spoke openly about the restaurant, the food, his family, and his experience with customers. It was another one of those interactions with locals that I enjoy so much. Zvone said that he learned a lot of his English from watching movies. When he referred to his father as his “Old Man” it did make me think that television had played a part in his education.

Zvone, our great waiter from Dvor.

Today we had a relaxing start to our day compared to our recent early departures.  At 10:30 we boarded the bus to experience the Krka National Park.  We walked through much of the park seeing lovely waterfalls, vegetation, and wildlife. 

Waterfalls of Krka National Park outside of Split, Croatia. Lovely but it won’t make you forget Niagara, Iguazu, or Victoria Falls.
Water Frog posing for me. I had some trouble getting my camera set but frog was very patient and waited for me to get set.

From the Park we went to lunch at the Roca pig farm. Mr. Roca gave us a tour of the farm showing us his pigs, chickens, and vineyard. We then had a great lunch which included pork ribs, ham, and some other pork dishes.  Everyone enjoyed the meal with the exception of the pigs.  The ambience was beautiful but it was very hot and we were eating outside. We also had some visitors during lunch including this unidentified flying object. See below,

Pretty critter but I would prefer to not to see him around or in my food.

After lunch it was on to the Split airport for an evening flight to the nation’s capital, Zagreb.  As you can see below the airport is quite modern but what is even better there are no hoards of travelers as you battle when in LAX.

Split Airport (SPU) terminal as we prepare to board our flight to Zagreb (ZAG). The woman with the two handbags is out TD (Tour Director), Gabby.

As I said it was very hot today.  So that means no more writing but rather it’s a cool shower then off to bed. See you tomorrow.