Out of Venice our first stop was
SPLIT, Croatia where we had lunch in the ruins of Diocletian's Palace.
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| Photo by Split local photographer Goran Leš |
Not bad for a retirement home, eh? Emperor Diocletian (244-311 AD) was an unusual Roman emperor, in that he actually did retire (the first Roman emperor to abdicate voluntarily) and also in that he was not a Roman, having been born in Salona (now Solin) Croatia, not far from Split.
More on the Palace
here.
More on Emperor Diocletian
here.
Sarande, Albania was not very interesting, but next day with great weather we went on to
DUBROVNIK, Croatia.
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| Gorgeous, eh? |
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| 16th Century walls |
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| Great view from the top of the cable car |
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| Windy above the Adriatic |
More on Dubrovnik
here.
And then we wandered on to
MYKONOS, Greece.
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| The classic windmills |
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| Inside one, wooden machinery |
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| Ancient among the relatively modern |
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| Quite the amazing maze |
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| Thank goodness for small trucks |
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| Typical Greek crafts |
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