Today was our first tender stop. This means that we cannot dock as the ship is too big - so we anchor offshore. A few of the lifeboats miraculously become 'tender boats' and are used to ferry the passengers from the ship to the shore. The advantage of tender stops is that they usually drop you off at the heart of the destination. The disadvantage is that you have to take a ticket and wait your turn in the Vista Lounge. All of the guests on tours get to go first. With this in mind we decided to go and have a posh breakfast in the restaurant. This always takes ages but the quality of the food is excellent and we knew we would have to wait for a tender boat anyway.
Once we had tendered ashore we headed straight for the tourist office which is located in the Diocletian Palace. This is not a single palace but the name for the old town. The Tourist Office is situated in the Church of St Roche which is a place of interest in its own right. We picked up a walking tour map
M in the Holy Crucifix Churchand headed straight for Galeria Mestrovic (The Mestrovic Gallery). The gallery is out of Split town and we decided to walk there along the newly tarted up seafront. It was extremely clean and well done. There were even permanent wooden sun-loungers along the promenade so people could take a rest and take in some sun. D tried one out. There were some modern metal sculptures and paving stones dedicated to successful Croatian Olympic Medalists of the past. There were quite a few of these. Seems they are a nation that is sh*t hot at water polo!
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