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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM April 19, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:09 a.m. Sunset (local): 7:39 p.m.	Weather 68°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 119 mi / 191 km Cumulative Total 3838 mi / 6180 km	Lat: 43° 30' 28" N Lon: 16° 26' 19" E Elev: 0 ft / 0 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Split
Where We're Staying: a sobe in the old part of the city
Places We Visited: Dalmatian coast
Featured Site: Dalmatian coast of Croatia and its 1185 islands
Person of the Day: Kat Tokic
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: "manistra od bobic(z)a" - bean and fresh maize soup; Breakfast: cereal, milk, bananas, juice; Lunch: sandwiches, cookies; Dinner: pizza (...again); Olive count: 2040
Word of the Day: "Slobodne Sobe" is seen (not heard) on signs posted outside of larger buildings along the coast. It means "Zimmer Frei" or "Rooms Available" - the Croatian word for "room" being sobe and the word for "freedom" being "sloboda." While the signs abound, finding an open sobe in the off season is a little trickier.
Tech Fact of the Day: wildlife and endangered species of Croatia: Flat Count (Cumulative): 23; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 29 - one more for Padraic!


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