Trojir, Croatia

Trogir's castle

Pretty nice place they have here! Were now staying in an extremely small apartment in the town of Trogir, right outside the larger town of Split. Yesterday was crazy, during the night a huge storm had blown in and it was raining and blowing like crazy! It was a seriously rocky ferry ride to the island of Krk the wind was plowing over 80 Mph and when it started to rock the car back and forth we decided to take a lunch break and hopefully wait for the wind to die down a little. We stopped into the “Garfield Grill” and had some tasty Vienershnitzel. Apparently around 10 campers had actually been blown over on the bridge and had to be towed away. Even after we got back on the road, the wind was blowing so hard it was blowing us from side to side on the narrow road that dropped right off into the sea. Then we escaped to the inland toll road only to be diverted way up into the mountains where it started to snow.

Eventually though, we rolled into Trogir at around 6:30 and thanked our lucky stars that we had made it. Trogir is a small island town with only about 20,000 people, most of the buildings have been here for over 700 years and since 700 years ago nobody had cars, the buildings are spaced closely together. This makes it all the easier to get lost, one of my favorite things to do in these old towns, when your lost you are able to happen upon things you would have never found in a million years if you’d been looking for them.

Jelka Kalebota of Rooms Dobra where we stayed in Trogir

We even  happened on our apartment when we were lost as a matter of fact. The lady whose house we’re staying in looks just like Meryl Streep from “Sophie’s Choice”.  We think Meryl Streep apprenticed with her for the role. It was fascinating to talk to her, she grew up in communist Yugoslavia under Tito, so her outlook is completely different from most Americans. When she was a girl she used to wait in line for 3 or 4 hours just to get some milk and a loaf of bread. So naturally, she doesn’t take the little things for granted like most people do.  She had some incredible stories. After hearing her talk about her past it was hard not to imagine what this same city was like just over 20 years ago (Croatian declared independence in 1991).    

The harbor in Trogir!