Diocletian's Palace... It's amazing to move from the Alps to the Mediterranean climate overnight but I'm very glad to have the sun and the beaches, it's been a long chilly winter in Halifax,NS! ( ;

Diocletian's Palace...Probably the biggest historical attraction in Split, Diocletian's palace (Roman Emperor from 284-305BC) is now open to the public, so I took a tour of the basement floor which is entirely intact.

Split,Croatia...beautiful palm trees, shrimp pizza and the Diocletian Palace...can't ask for much more! ( ;

Split, Croatia...looong late night train ride to Split, but very much worth it. I went to a hostel with two French Canadian backpackers who are traveling Europe during their third year of university as well. It seems like there are a lot of men making this trip together but I've yet to meet any serious female backpackers.

A final goodbye to Ljubljana,Slovenia...catching the late night train to Croatia in the morning!

A monk from the winery on his cellphone?
Suffice to say there would not be half so many pictures of the view from the castle but I was quite winded after the hike and the bevy of creme cakes so I took a pretty substantial break once at the top! ( ; I was adopted by a Japanese tour group today after a woman asked me where I was from. I'm not sure if there was a misunderstanding or if Texas really is wildly amusing, either way I agreed to take what seemed like 30 pictures with them, very lovely people! ( : I'll try to post one of those if they email one my way...

More Views from the castle...the Alps in the background, lake Bled below...