Today was moving day. We packed up our rental car and started driving north on highway 8. We drove through a few long tunnels, but mostly the road followed the coast.

We passed vineyards and olive groves. The vineyards don’t look like what I’m used to in the Oregon wine country, with neatly spaced rows, carefully pruned and tended. The vineyards look much more wild. The tasting room attendant said the vines are left alone to work at finding water and nutrients.

We passed many olive trees, which are so pretty, but with narrow roads and no pullouts, it’s hard to get photos.

These are perfect roads for motorcycles, and we saw quite a few groups of them on the road.

Our route took us through an agricultural area. There were many roadside fruit and vegetable stands. We stopped at one and bought tomatoes, lemons, fresh squeezed orange juice and fig jam. We should have bought some olive oil but there was no way to taste it.

It was raining hard when we found a parking spot in Split. We took refuge in a restaurant acrosss the street from the cathedral.

We walked through the cathedral after lunch.

We pulled into Trogir in the pouring rain. We’re staying just across a bridge from the small UNESCO World Heritage Site town.

After the rain stopped Teresa and I did a quick reconnaissance of the town. It’s small, with narrow cobblestone streets, and lots of restaurants. Tomorrow we will tour the historic sites. Tonight we just soaked up atmosphere and walked back to our rental place with a pizza.