Castelnuovo

"[From the diary]. «Our first port was Castelnuovo — the name 'old castle' would be much more appropriate now. The little town is built above the ruined feudal castle of an ancient king of Bosnia. War and earthquakes have shaken down the fortifications. John walked to the end of the point where the walls had fallen in a heap into the sea, but it was so warm in the sun I didn't care to go. An officer told me Castelnuovo itself, picturesque as is its situation, has nothing else worth seeing. A view of the little town perched on rocky cliffs, at the feet of a gaunt, towering mountain, with its ruined walls washed by the sea, is far more effective when obtained from the deck of a steamer, than from any other point of view»" (p. 316).