The four and a half hour coach journey from Dubrovnik to Split was full of interest. The road hugged the indented coastline, sometimes skirting a beach, at others cutting through a mountain pass to cross a headland. Each village had a Marina full of power boats and yatchts - evidently a tourist paradise. Split is a large and busy port and our hotel was further up the coast in a small town. At first, we viewed the taxi meter with horror, but the town of Trogir was a jewel, far nicer than Dubrovnik and our small hotel overlooked the bustling harbour. Once again a Mediaeval city with most of the walls standing to encase a labyrinth of narrow alleyways and paved streets.
However, there was no lace in the little shops, here they sold souvenirs, shells and sponges; but in the thriving market, full of fruit and vegetables and stalls of vibrant flowers, we found crochet mats and edgings on cutwork and embroidery, obviously imported from China. It was only in the churches that we found historic cutwork and crochet edgings on the white altar cloths draped above the coloured stone mosaic altars. Cutwork is a traditional embroidery carft in the areas of central and eastern Europe. Luckily Pauline discovered a very decorative crochet jacket. Little, coloured circular motifs were linked together by chain-stitch bars in a dark thread embelished with tiny beads. I managed to persuade her that it was just the thing to go over a dark dress and wear to a Lace Convention. The next day we decided to go back to Split to visit the old town built among the Roman remains of the Emperor Diocletian's 3rd century Palace. The Ethnographic Mueum was a must for it contained ethnic costume, textiles and lace. Angela -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 2990 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
