Super Stupendous Split

Split is a beautiful place where an ancient palace stretches out to touch a large port, and spires reach into the sky. This palace was ruled by Diocletian in the Third Century. Despite how old it is, the palace is so well preserved that it looks like it was made two days ago, even though it has a few fallen poles and missing bricks. Split is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and you can easily see why when you walk into the old stone brick palace that is in the center of the city. There is also a tunnel leading from the palace to the waterfront. This is not your normal tunnel, it has a high arched ceiling and ancient stone walls.

I really brought out my sweet-tooth in Split with these two things. I liked Luka Ice Cream & Cakes, which we ate on a grassy circle with, not surprisingly, cats (meow). On another trip to Luka Ice Cream we saw a cat futzing around trying to eat a chicken drumstick. Mom tried their honey lavender flavor and said that it was even better than Salt & Straw’s honey lavender (which is saying something because Salt & Straw’s ice cream is a scoop of pure deliciousness). I also liked our hotel’s crepes. They were just sooooooooo good. Speaking of our hotel, which was called the Heritage Hotel Antique Split, we stayed in an old room of the palace. The wall next to my bed was actually the old stone brick wall of the palace. To my surprise, my room had a nook in the wall above my head, which I put my slippers in.

While we were in Split, we went souvenir shopping. Close to a nautical bracelet shop we saw a clothing store that had a shirt with a cat instead of a shark, that said “Paws” instead of “Jaws.”  Later, we went back to the shop and bought that shirt for our friend Michelle (I bought it for her because she likes the movie Jaws and she really likes cats).

Split was one of the most beautiful cities that I have ever seen.