Random Stuff

 I've got some photos here which I haven't added to any of the blogs - I mentioned how good the laundry smells in Croatia and was going to have a chat about clothes lines but didn't get around to it. Not sure whether anyone has noticed my clothesline at home, but it is modelled on the ones attached to window sills and balconies in Europe. I didn't want, and didn't have the room to have a big rotating clothesline so I designed and dad helped me attach it to my terasa rail. I actually need to rethink it because the line has sagged a bit as the weight of the wet clothes has pulled the ends in on the uprights. Need an engineer. Anyone?

Anyway, here are some photos of washing lines in Makarska. Interesting to note that years ago, Dubrovnik opcina made a rule that you were not allowed to hang your clothes out over the little alleyways  during the tourist season which is one of the reasons that, for me, Dubrovnik doesn't feel 'lived in'. The opcina in Split tried the same conversation but got the middle finger, so the Diocletian Palace feels alive, washing strung across from buildings - which it is, with locals still living there - Dubrovnik is like a b.eautiful empty shell, full of tourists and Game of Throne obsessors, hardly any locals living inside the city any more - much more profitable to rent your house out.




Saw this sign in the Diocletian Palace this morning in Split - clearly had enough of the badly behaved youths from the Sail Croatia weeks. Dubrovnik talked of banning them. Wonder if they have taken this approach too?


And these last ones are just wandering around Makarska. Prettiness. A special place.










And that's that from Makarska until next year.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Back in monopoli

Image
 We stayed here last year and I really enjoyed it, smallish old town, good food, bars, meandering little streets and walkways, surprising things behind big doors. I still like it, totally worth a visit. The weather was cooler again this morning, cool enough to send me back into my room to grab a long sleeved shirt, and even then I felt I needed to shelter from the wind.  Basilica Concattedrale di Maria Santissima della Madia is the name of this beautiful church but there are 18 others to choose from, including one which has depictions of death on the door, mummified administrators in the crypt and is a place to go and pray for those in limbo - it's a purgatory church. Today there were three weddings at the Basilica and honestly, we need to up our game in terms of wedding clothes. The prize went to the couple who both were a deep purple - his suit and her dress. Men were mostly in sneakers with their Italian suits, and it was all sparkle and gold for shoes for the women. It was...
Read more

Bikies - Part Two

Image
Because we didn't rent the scooters until 11 yesterday morning, we didn't need to return them until 11 this morning. What joy! Where else could these little wonders transport us? Well for a start we had to go to Jelsa, a harbour town about 10 minutes away to fill the tanks with benzine to return them. We set off at 8:30 in a bikie caravan - of sorts, or maybe just in our imagination. Certainly not grunting engines, more whining, but indulge us please. We were told that there were some beautiful beaches on the opposite side of the island, so having no real idea of where we would end up, we whined in and out of little villages - Chris, Nikki, Jack and Jenny on the same bike, and me. Checking the rudimentary map that we had found, we could see that there was another tunel, (you realise of course that I'm using the Croatian spelling - just in case you thought I couldn't spell - just thought it would flavour our experience for you) - just that this tunel was different ...
Read more

Fated Roadie (sorry, this one is out of order!)

Image
Jenny and I decided that we would head to Trogir for the day - this combined with a wine tasting at Kairos Vineyards. The day was fated. We bought tickets for the bus to Trogir - it was leaving in 10 minutes and we planted ourselves in front of Peron 1 - and waited. The bus didn't appear, so I went to ask about whether it was late - 'no, it left at 10:30, not before not after'. 'Was it invisible' I asked? We were right there, only the bus didn't pull in to the Peron. Of course we had to pay for a new ticket for the next bus... We jumped into a taxi from the airport to Trogir - 'sure' he said, 'I can take you to the vineyard, call me 10 minutes before you need to go there'. He even called Kairos Vineyard to get directions. Jenny and I grabbed some fruit, and wandered into the old town. Only momentarily distracted by a dress shop, we stopped to ask a lady (Dijana) about the significance of the markings on the co...
Read more