25.juuli – tutvumine Spliti vaatamisväärsustega

Tänase päeva esimese poole tegelesime turismindusega, st. tutvusime Spliti vaatamisväärsustega. Split on Zagrebi järel suuruselt teine linn Horvaatias 200 tuh. elanikuga. Nagu eelmises kämpingus, on ka siin hea bussiühendus linnaga. Püüdsime hommikul varakult tõustes mitte väga suurt lärmi teha, kuna kõik majakesed on tihedalt üksteise kõrval ning normaalsed puhkajad ikka kella 7-8 paiku veel magavad.

Suurim vaatamisväärsus, mis Top 5 hulka kuulub, on Splitis asuv Diocletianuse palee.

We spent the first half of today doing tourism, i.e. getting acquainted with Split’s attractions. Split is the second largest city in Croatia after Zagreb with 200 thousand inhabitants. Like at the previous camping, there’s also a good bus connection to the city here. We tried not to make too much noise when getting up early in the morning, as all the cabins are close together and normal vacationers are still sleeping around 7-8 o’clock.

The biggest attraction, which is in the Top 5, is Diocletian’s Palace located in Split.

Diocletianus (elas aastatel 245-312) sündis Spliti lähedal Salonas orjade pojana, hiljem sai temast Rooma imperaator.

Diocletian (lived 245-312) was born near Split in Salona as the son of slaves, later he became Roman emperor.

Oma sünnikoha lähedale lasi ta ehitada suure palee, et oma pensionipõlve siin pidada, sellest paleest kasvaski välja Spliti linn. Umbes kuus sajandit oligi kogu linn nende müüride vahel, alles hiljem hakkas Split väljapoole paleemüüre kasvama.

Near his birthplace he had a large palace built to spend his retirement years here, and from this palace the city of Split grew. For about six centuries the entire city was within these walls, only later did Split start to grow outside the palace walls.

Selliste vaatamisväärsuste juures on hea see, et seal ei ole palav, paksud müürid, sügavad võlvkaarega katakombid, krüpt jne on siinse palava kliima korral suurepärane võimalus ajalooga lähemat tutvust teha.

The good thing about such attractions is that it’s not hot there, thick walls, deep arched catacombs, crypt etc. are an excellent opportunity to get better acquainted with history in this hot climate.

Teine huvitav koht, kus käisime, oli arheoloogia muuseum, kuhu on kokku kogutud kõik Salona ja Diocletianuse palee lähiümbrusest leitud esemed. Tegelikult oli see muuseum isegi huvitavam, täiesti uskumatu, kuidas need asjad on nii hästi säilinud ja nii heas korras leitud, ja kui ilusaid ehteid ja majapidamis- ning tualett-tarbeid seal näha võis!!

The second interesting place we visited was the archaeological museum, where all the objects found in the vicinity of Salona and Diocletian’s Palace have been collected. Actually, this museum was even more interesting, it’s completely unbelievable how well these things have been preserved and found in such good condition, and what beautiful jewelry and household and toiletry items could be seen there!!

Kummaline oli, et seal olime meie praktiliselt ainsad külastajad, muud turistide hordid tiirutasid ainult palee ümber.

It was strange that we were practically the only visitors there, other tourist hordes only circled around the palace.

Teise poole päevast kasutasime jällegi lugemiseks ja rannas lebotamiseks, ma arvan, et minu limiit selleks suveks on nüüd täis, tegelikult suht mõttetu tegevus, aga sellise palavusega midagi muud tarka ka pole võimalik ette võtta.

We used the second half of the day again for reading and lounging on the beach, I think my limit for this summer is now full, actually quite a pointless activity, but with such heat nothing else smart is possible to undertake.

Homme varahommikul stardime Plitvicka poole, kus pidi väga ilus looduspark olema, seal läheduses peatume kaks ööd ja plaanime ka Krk-i saarel ära käia.

Tomorrow early in the morning we’ll start towards Plitvice, where there should be a very beautiful nature park, we’ll stop near there for two nights and also plan to visit the island of Krk.