Today was laundry day. We relied on great advice from Andy the fun employee who caught us laughing on the patio last night! As we left the hotel we found Jan on her patio enjoying a cup of coffee! He patio overlooked the atrium bar.
The laundry was right behind St Francis church. It was easy to find and the ladies working there were really great! Not expensive at all and they wash and fold!
As we walked back we stumbled upon the Fish Market. I love this kinda thing so I peeked inside.
I had a chance to look in the bookstore! It was incredible! So massive for a small location! They had a section of English books. I had read “Chasing a Croatian Girl” written by a guy from Oklahoma. He had a few more books published and they were in a prominent location! He must be popular.
We found beautiful neighborhood near the Golden Gate. It was a very dramatic gate and it was used as the main gate. Seemed like it was still extremely busy even today. Aside from the tourist there were workers and delivery people everywhere.
Sculpted by Ivan Meštrović, this gargantuan statue is one of the defining images of Split. Its subject, a 10th-century Croatian bishop, fought for the right to use the Croatian language in services instead of Latin. Notice that his left big toe has been polished to a shine – it’s said that rubbing the toe brings good luck and guarantees that you’ll come back to Split.
We found our way to a cocktail spot!
I spotted this lovely shop and had to buy a few scarfs!
Linda found an amazing restaurant for lunch! It was wonderful and the craft cocktails were over the top!
Nick and I ran back to the laundromat to pick up the clean laundry! Yes – they did it within the day! So this time I took a tour of St Francis Church. It was a lovely small church.
I finally texted my architect brother John to find out what these iron bars are doing on the side of many buildings. His response: The metal piece goes thru the wall and extends to another structure- essentially holding the wall from bowing.
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