Maybe it's about the weather, maybe it's because its see-and-be-seen mentality, but one of the main elements of city life in Split is to be present at its main spots. And not just any way. Just walk across Riva on a sunny Saturday morning, and check out real street fashion show, with sunglasses as almost a uniform.

There is, beside sunglasses, one very special accessory that is almost "must have" for anyone who wants to be seen, and remembered. Just check parking lots on both sides of our main promenade, and you will get an idea; it's motorcycle. More precise, it's Vespa.

This Italian scooter is almost ideal vehicle for Split, and it's like that for decades, ever since it first appeared. It's perfect for our sometime hectic traffic, it's pretty, and it's more a style than a vehicle. On the other end, Split is perfect city for Vespa, with its weather and mass fashion tendencies of its citizens, or at least of some of them. In short, Vespa is a state of mind in Split.

Believe it or not, but we do remember who brought first Vespa to Split. It was 1950's football star Bernard Vukas, probably the best player who ever played football in Split, member of World All Star Team which played against England in 1953. BTW, at the ball after the game, he picked up Vivien Leigh for a dance.

Ever since, just like in its home Italy, Vespa became part of urban life in Split. Models changed, as well as trends in motorcycles, but classic is always the most appreciated. Other scooters are just an attempt to get closer to a myth. Split is not a city where you would do that. Is it good thing? Sometime it is, sometime it's not. Sometime it looks like a genuine snobbism, sometime it's just city spirit. With a wind in your hair, who cares?