Sunday 18th June

One interesting aspect of the bed and breakfast arrangement at Dalmatian Apartments, was that breakfast was served at a fast food café about 300 yards down the road. Here you could have a “Classic Breakfast” which comprised ham, cheese, hard‐boiled egg, bread, jam, paté and butter. Alternatively, there was cheese omelette, vegetarian omelette or another Croatian delicacy which turned out to be a cheese and ham toastie. Guests at the Apartments were allowed to have two drinks and one dish off the breakfast menu.

After breakfast, we headed into the castle area in search of a city tour. We soon found some guides and tried our negotiating skills again which this time were more successful, as we got the price down from 100 Kuna to 75 Kuna for the 10 of us.

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Breakfast at HAMI's fast food café.

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The Classic Breakfast.
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Dalmatian Apartments.
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The local warriors take a hostage.
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The old Roman road through the castle.
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St Domnius' bell tower.

The tour lasted about 2 hours after which we found a bar inside the old city walls for our morning coffee.

Jerry, Chris and Alan decided to go up the bell tower, whilst the others went off to book the restaurant which had been recommended by our guide for our evening meal. The climb up the tower proved to be quite hairy as there were lots of steps and it was a bit steep and narrow in places. However progress up and down was much quicker than our previous experience in Lisbon. The view from the top was magnificant and well worth the climb.

We then made our way to the sea front where we found a pizza for lunch. Here, not being able to remember the name of the Croatian currency, Jerry came up with the expression “Croatian Doodahs”.


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There are still some impressive columns left inside the castle.
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The square inside the castle where we picked up our guide.

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There were spontaneous outbreaks of male–voice choirs.

Then something strange happened – we started planning for the next day – an unusual activity in our Dungroamin excursions. Along the front there were a series of booths selling various boat trips. We decided we fancied a trip to a nearby island called Trogir. Our negotiation skills were again put to the test, when we haggled with a young lady at one of the booths. We even got to the stage where she had ring her mum to see if she could go lower. We said we would think about it, but we then discovered that there ws a ferry that went to Trogir at a fraction of the price.

We wandered back in glorious sunshine for a cup of tea at HAMI's, our favorite Croatian fast–food café. There was then time for a quick siesta before time for our evening excursion.


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Brian looks very pleased to have found this ancient seat.
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Inside the bell tower, looking up.
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Views from the top of the bell tower.
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Views from the top of the bell tower.
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Those cruise ships get everywhere.
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Looking down on the bells.

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A view from part way down.
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Anybody fancy a trip round the bay in a submarine?
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The modern promenade contrasts with the ancient castle behind.
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Back at HAMI's for an afternoon cuppa.

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Waiting for dinner at the courtyard restaurant recommended by our guide.

It was time to try our pre–booked recommended eating emporium which was located in the midst of the castle area. We obviously ate and drank enough for the owner to offer us a complimentary liqueur at the end of the meal.

As is the case with the local liqueur in most countries, it had the qualities more akin to paint stripper than a fine malt. It was certainly too much for the Marigold sitting in a pot on our table. It is not clear how many shots it had, but it was somewhat worse for wear by the time we left.


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Who nobbled the Marigold? Before and after shots.