Sep 14, 2012 - The drive to Trogir

Drive to Trogir We paid our bill after an excellent breakfast. The owners gave us some homemade schnappes and a hug for the road. We left our sobe in Jezerce near Plitvice NP for the Adriatic/Dalmation coast. It was raining again when we left with a very low cloud ceiling. Sure am glad we are not biking today. As we moved closer to the coast the rain decreased and stopped. We were on the Freeway when giant red neon Xs were noted over all of our lanes going forward. A tunnel was coming up. This meant that the road was offcially closed. We...

May 10, 2012 - Trogir

So on the advice of friends and everyone in Split I headed off to Trogir this morning on the 8:30 bus. Fortunately the bus ride was only 30 minutes so it was tolerable. My only excitement on the bus was the lady trying to sell me a huge chunck of cheese. Now I have to admit I like the cheese but even this piece was too big for me. I arrived to a very pretty little city with another old walled city. Not as fantastic as Dubrovnik for the walls but the buildings were lovely and there were many churches - I think I counted about 7 or 8 towers....

May 29, 2011 - Romans and Venetians

Romans and Venetians.... No I didn't go shopping for some new blinds in Split's finest blinds store. Today i visited two places of Roman and Venetian heritage. My first mistake was catching buses on a sunday. I spent far too much time in the sun and am feeling a little worse for wear today because of it. Solin or Salona as the romans called it, is a fairly small site. No complete buildings standing, but plenty of foundations and walls and the odd roman column here and there. The amazing thing was that there were farms in between and around...

Jun 11, 2010 - Trogir

Landed in Trogir yesterday am and again what a little town. Really clean with a picturesque water front and tons of narrow little streets and endless small restaurants. When we got here we were walking the water front looking to drink something cool and a young man came out of his restaurant and during our conversation we told him that we just landed. Well he proceeded to tell us about a new hotel and he then made the call for us. Guess the rest is history. The hotel is beautiful and directly on the water front. Today we decided to go to...

May 19, 2010 - A trip to Trogir

A trip to the island town of Trogir was on the agenda today. This tiny town is about a 45 minute bus ride from Split. It was settled as long ago as the 7th century. Many of the buildings date from the 13th to 15th centuries. As we walked across the bridge from the bus station, we were greeted by the sounds of school children singing the Hokey Pokey in Croatian. That song is recognizable anywhere, whether you know the language or not. The incredible church of St Lovro is in the main town square. We toured inside to see some amazing...

Mar 18, 2010 - Trogir to Split to Bosnia

This was a day in transit, with some fun, interesting and renewing stops along the way and a definite transition from the upscale, Dalmatian coast cities of Croatia to the less uplifting terrain of Bosnia. While our first stop in Bosnia, Medjugorje, appears prosperous as the third most visited pilgrimage site of the Roman Catholic faith, that level of prosperity was not apparent on the road or in Mostar. Our brief stop in Trogir gave me the opportunity to sample cherry pastries and they became a staple for the balance of my trip. I...

Aug 18, 2008 - Trogir

Woke up early this morning to catch a bus to a small town called Trogir. We were catching a local bus so ended up being a bit chaotic as first bus wouldn't let us on because we had too many bags and the second one was full! Great! Two hours later, Sanja our guide managed to get a minibus to take us the thirty minute drive! As it was didn't have long in Trogir but long enough to see the catherdral and walk up the bell tower, which gave us great views.

Jul 18, 2008 - Trogir

Trogir is a must see in Croatia. We anchored in the harbour and took the rubber ducky up to the heart of the old town. It is funn to jump out of the boat right into the old town. Trogir was first settled in approximately 300AD by the Greeks then the Romans and is still a wonderful medieval town. It has world heritage listing and we explored the town and had a great dinner. Some friends of Tonys joined us for a sail back to Split the next afternoon. All very pleasant.

Jun 4, 2008 - Wednesday 4 June Trogir

Got up at 6:30 so ranger wouldn’t wake us. Ranger arrived at 6:30 and unlicked the toilets much to our relief. We then found it was quite expensive as we would only be in an hour or so and it was a rainy day so decided not to go in. Drove to Trogir a small walled town quaint with the walled old town. Some very narroe cobblestone streets. One is called something like one person street as it is only wide enough for 1 person.