Day 64. By Leanne.

When you see something of world class beauty, you can't just see it once.  You want to go back.  Again and again.  Corey, Justin and Kyle head out early for a second and final round of Plitvice National Park while the rest packed and started up on education.  Now that summer is gone, its time to get back to the books - in a world travelling sort of way, that is. John's plan is to take a few Classes at Liberty University this year while he works on his other projects. Others have similar goals. Corey, Justin and Kyle get their 10K steps by 11am putting the rest of us in catch up mode. 

Check out time is 11 am so it’s time to Split.  Yes, split for SPLIT.  Warning: many corny puns on the town name SPLIT are forthcoming.  Read at your own risk.  

The drive to Split is about 2.5 hours so Kyle and I decide to SPLIT the driving.  Lunch was at an unremarkable gas stop on the way.  We arrive into Split and when the teens find out the WiFi is great, they are less inclined to head out with us for an end-of-day-adventure.  So Kyle and I SPLIT off from the kids and head into town for the Game of Thrones Museum! 

We find it and enjoy it immensely as each prop leads us into remembering our favorite episodes and characters.  After the Northern Ireland GOT tour, I’m expecting the museum guide to have watched the series like 6 or 7 times.  Kyle asks him how many times he’s watched it and he responds only once.  Kyle gives him a look like seriously, you a job as the GOT museum guide having only watched it once???  Sensing Kyle’s disbelieve he adds “well, I have a really good memory.”  Since we’ve only watched it once, Kyle inquires if they are taking job applications. We have a blast as every statue and poster seems to be attacking Kyle in our pictures.  We even get to sit on the Iron Throne for a photo (because we purchased a souvenir), SPLIT-ting our time on the Throne. 

OK, just wanted to share we are having a ball with alliteration and fun uses of the word SPLIT in our sentences.  I’m giving you a taste here.  Our SPLIT jokes are definitely hokey, but we nearly SPLIT a gut making them up.  Think we get split-ends washing our hair in Split? Think we’ll split our pants if we sit down too quickly?  Should we split before the restaurant bill comes? After 65 days travelling, you get a little giddy, I think.

After GOT, Kyle and I grab dinner on the main promenade in Split.  We SPLIT the bill, go figure.  OK, I’ll stop now.  I do want you to keep reading after all.  We mistakenly chose the table right next to the hostesses who are so bored with their difficult role they pretty much stare at us our whole dinner.  It was one of those personal space issues that we probably just didn’t get the cultural behavior here or something, so we just tried to ignore it.  The whole dinner they are within 3 feet of us both, so the word “AWKWARD” kept coming to our minds.  Despite this, we find Split very romantic sitting outside on the promenade with views overlooking the harbor.  

After an outstanding dinner, we huff back to the house and realize I have racked up over 5 miles on our first day here despite being in the car most of the day.  We are already in love with Split.  Oops, its late, so I better SPLIT now and get to sleep.  Sorry, just had to get one more in.