Split & Athens

Split, Croatia and Athens, Greece

We returned to Croatia, this time to the seaside port of Split. The town is ancient, including Diocletians Palace, which of course is walled and has an old town attached. We decided to take the Hop On/Hop Off bus from the pier so that we could get an overview of the surrounding area. This is obviously a small country that is still recovering from war but it is not oppressive! The promenade along the waterfront is very clean and modern and refreshing. It was ANOTHER very hot day and we pooped out quite early.

We arrived at the port of Piraeus, Greece and we boarded our tour bus for our full day in Athens. Our first stop was at Cape Sounion at the southernmost point outside of Athens, where we visited the Temple of Poseidon overlooking the Aegean Sea. Many ships still pay homage to Poseidon by blasting their ship%u219s horns as they pass. We then had a buffet lunch in a very nice hotel before continuing on to Athens proper. The Acropolis is very, very impressive, jutting up in the center of the city. We passed the Hadrians Arch and the Temple of Olympian Zeus before reaching the foot of the Acropolis. On look and I knew that I could not walk it%u226so Jack set off without me with camera in hand. It was again very hot and I enjoyed sitting in the shade people watching! Jack returned about 45 minutes later, exhausted and soaking wet! We got to view much more of Athens by air conditioned bus before we returned to the ship.