Time to Split (Sunday, October 9, 2011)
Sleeping in is the greatest. Yes, it has a different meaning when there are 3 kids sleeping in one room, but 8:45 is very nice. We took it easy—a strong wind outside, breakfast, homework, and laundry inside. Eventually we ate some lunch too and ventured out into gale-force winds to explore Split . Last night I mentioned that from what I could tell in the dark, Split wasn’t so appealing. I take it all back. Before making the leap to the city center, we drove down to the beach, which is pebbles instead of sand. All three kids took off their socks and shoes and rolled up their jeans to wade in the blue-green water. The beach yielded an interesting mix of found items--a dried-up starfish, the front half of a plastic rhinocerous, and the plastic part of a hyperdermic needle (where was the metal part? where??) In spite of this array of debris (and it wasn't all like that!), it truly is a beautiful sight looking out over the water to the clay-tiled roofs on the island opposite us. The...