pouring rain in Split, Croatia

Best laid plans for touring Venice fell apart. Got a little worried about getting to the boat and actuallz (OK the keyboard is z where i am used to y) thought we might drop off our bags and then tour..... well long line for vaporetto (water bus) tickets before we found out could buz at magayine shop (oh it is y at the z kez. then found out we were probablz a 1/4 mile to the bus parking for the shuttle to the boat. anz waz it was quite a hassle, no signs, long waits and bz the time we were checked in there was not enough time to go back. Did cruise along the outer canal and had awesome views of Venice as we headed out to sea.

So far on the cruise it is sales pitches and food and then more food. Had a great dinner, eating at 8 pm with 2 couples from Ireland - thez will be our dinner companions for the week. Thought thez were quite stuffed shirts at first but turned out to be quite talkative.

Woke up to a torrential downpour in the port of Split and hung out on the boat waiting for it to abate. Gave up and dashed the 3/4 mile to the ancient Roman palace. Incredible scenerz, once again could just take photos everz 20 feet, 360 degrees. trzing to keep the cameras drz!!

Bancomat for 200 krohn, hesistated long enough (how much to get??) til machine was going to cancel us out! had to get krohn for Croatian pastrz (a bit heavz) and now internet cafe. Will head down a side street and trz to find a place with food whose names we can't pronounce. no english on the signs but some broken english in the shops so we are getting along OK!