Mon 03.Jun.2013
Zadar, Dalmatia, Croatia
Zadar has a long history. For some reason, it sticks in my memory that this was the
first stop on the Fourth Crusade, a practice target on which the crusaders warmed up en
route to their great sack of Constantinople.
Get more power to the transporter, Mr Scott! we're losing them!
Mind you, Constantinople was the center of Christian civilization at
the time. Even by the standards of crusades, the fourth was a pretty sordid affair.
The Sea Organ
The other half of the Greeting to the Sun, and the better-known half at that. There is a
sea-driven pipe organ built in to a stretch of waterfront. A sort of bass wind chime.
Woodwind chime, in fact.
When the sea is choppy, it hoots like a singing ent. Even the calmest of seas gives
a sublime whisper evey few seconds. People love to sit here and let their attention drift.
Makes a great sunset spot.
Good evening, Starshine
A few meters away is another great sunset spot, the Sun itself, or its representation
in the Greeting to the Sun installation. (c.f. my last post.)
I cannot wax poetic enough for this one. The pictures will have to do it for me.
(Note to self: stock up on poet wax.
The night's walk home
The bus back home from the center runs only every half-hour - every hour on weekends.
Since it is only a half hour walk, I often just walk it if the waiting
time will be tedious.
So help me, the street I live on here is called
Put Nina. (!) Nothing about where you are supposed to put her, or for how long.
Actually, the name means
Nin Road, i.e. the road to
Nin, a minor town
that many centuries ago was a major religious center. Nin may be most famous today, at least
to tourists, as the home base of
Bishop Grgur Ninsky, whose
striking likeness in Split is more or less
unforgettable.