Green and Blue

You might remember that on our first visit to the Roman Ruins in Salona, hubby and I couldn't find any road signs leading to the site. If we had only continued driving up the street and around the corner, we would have seen the signs. It seems we took the gravel road that residents use to access their homes!

 We knocked on the green door of the museum, and a nice lady gave us directions to the amphitheatre, located a few minutes away and while we were there we paid the entrance fee and had the opportunity to see the room dedicated to Don Frane Bulic, the Croatian archaeologist responsible for discovering many significant localities in Salona.

 On the ceiling there is a painting of a shepherd boy holding a lamb and Beli is saying she also has one, "mira borrego."

Isn't this amazing? This is someones backyard. An amphitheatre from the 2nd century.

And this concludes the tour of the Roman ruins in Salona.Hope you enjoyed the visit!

Roman ruins near Split, Croatia

A few days ago before we had a wave of cold and rainy days, we took a day trip out to see the ruins in Solin (latin Salona). This view welcomed us, with the city of Split in the background. Salona was once a thriving city with 60,000 inhabitants now only ruins remain of the Emperor Diocletian's native place.
We couldn't see any signs leading to the ruins. Luckily hubby noticed the street named Salona and made a quick left turn. So if you should decide to go, look out for that house on the left and make a turn on what may look like a private alley way. (it will be unpaved)

I wonder how the people living across the ruins feel about having such a vast land of history right in their backyard. Hubby called his Dad and mentioned we were visiting the ruins in Solin and he replied that he had never been there. Also the first visit for hubby. We found a spot along the road and parked our car. We were on our own to discover the ruins, there was no one entrance fee, so we wandered around as if it was our own backyard.

Can you believe this dates back to the 3rd century?

After a couple of hours of running around Beli told hubby that this was the place to take a break, she was tired. It was all in Croatian of course so hubby translated for me, she actually said, "here we tired" but meaning 'here we take a rest." As we walked back to the car I noticed a small house on what looked like a private roadway. I told hubby I was going to investigate. And look what we found? Again, lack of road signs so I wasn't sure if it was ok to look around but then I saw a few other 'tourists' so I figured it wasn't a problem.

A nice place to have a picnic don't you think? and a place to refill your water bottle.

 I believe this was a museum but we didn't have time to go inside. Hubby mentioned that lunch was ready at his parents so we had to leave. We will be coming back another time because it seems there are more ruins to be seen.

   Getting there: it's about 5km from Split or you can hop on the City bus #1 from the city center. You can also  visit this blog Secret Dalmatia,  to read more about the history of Salona. Have a wonderful weekend!

One duck, two ducks

Today we drove to Solin, located about 8km north of Split, as the weather was perfect for an outdoor adventure. We ran on the grass and fed the ducks at the pond.

"Pato ven, pato ven," Beli was calling out to the other ducks to come and get some food.

I tried to study my Croatian lessons since I'm one month behind, but I only opened the book to the first page because Beli insisted that I played ball with her and daddy and I couldn't resist joining in the fun.

Looking forward to another beautiful day tomorrow. May you have a wonderful weekend!

Visiting Solin

Despite being windy and chilly we decided to explore the town of Solin about 8km northeast of Split. We passed by one of the parks and stopped to find a place to park our car. I noticed how green and beautiful and clean it was. It really gave a feeling of serenity.

Isabela is enjoying the freedom to walk around without having to hold our hand.

My little angel. I really enjoy Motherhood. The best feeling is when I hear Isabela call for me, Mammy!Mammy!

If I recall correctly I read here that the present-day parish church is dedicated to St. Mary known as Gospa od Otoka (Our lady of the Islet). Ok I wrote some of this information down. You didn't expect me to remember everything did you?

There was no information here but I believe it was erected in honor of Pope John Paul II when he visited Croatia in 1998 .

My Husband Davor and our sweet darling. She calls him Daddy! and also Taddy! Taddy! (a mix of Tata and Daddy)

Sitting and admiring the ducks on the river and saying "Patka."

Playing peek-a-boo and You guessed it right, she can't go anywhere without her Medo (bear).

After only half an hour we are heading back home, it is too windy! See her red nose? Unfortunately we were not able to see much of Solin. Sounds like an opportunity to come back don't you think?