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Korčula, Croatia, lit by the early morning light. We keep extending our stay in Korčula. We’d arrived on this island intending to camp here, a brief stop. We drove through several uninspiring campgrounds and found the first one, close to the ferry, to be the best. We had picked up some inexpensive camping gear before [...] 
The girls sitting on the walls of Dubrovnik It’s interesting spending so much time together, the four of us in close quarters. At home, naturally, there are so many other distractions, different directions. School and work take us away from the home, friends offer other company. Even chores involve different spaces. Gardening and cleaning [...] Click Here to listen to the jackals’ song The hills of the Pelješac peninsula, home of golden jackals There are jackals here on the Pelješac. Each night they sing, sometimes very close to the house, on the hills above town. Their song is more of a true howl than our coyotes back home, whose voices rise [...]
Bartulović Winery, Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia We sought wine yesterday, and our day was charmed. The wine industry in Croatia is flourishing. Here on the Pelješac Peninsula there are vines everywhere, with workers tending them. Ancient and twisted vines, newly planted shoots, bright green grape leaves on hillsides and terraces, contrasting the dark green of forests [...]
The medieval city walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia We walked the walls of Dubrovnik, following the flow of tourist making the way counter-clockwise around fortress walls encircling the old city in a complete circle. The sun in the clear blue sky illuminated the water and shone orange and red off the rooftops. I shot hundreds of [...]
Dubrovnik walls and harbor Dubrovnik’s thick walls of stone rise from the water, heavy and stalwart, topped with ramparts and arrow keyholes. The sun breaks through the clouds, illuminating the grey rock of this medieval fortress. Boats loll easily in the harbor, protected and waiting. The city starts to wake, tables are straightened and tended, [...]
Olive oil tasting in Split, Croatia When John returned from Rome with a car the other day, our first outing was to Split to pick up some camping gear. We’d like to explore the islands and coastline of Croatia, and now that we have a car the additional load of tent and sleeping bags is [...] The upper falls at Skradinski Buk In Krka National Park, The streams relentlessly push against banks of travertine, stone holding fast in places dividing the current, and giving way in others, allowing the river to tumble downward. Where the rock holds, fig trees take root and flourish. Where the rocks tumble, so go the trees. [...]
Baška Voda on the Dalmatian Coast John made a trip to Rome to pick up a car, and it feels like freedom. We drove down the coast to a little gem of a town called Baška Voda yesterday. We arrived as the rain from a downpour was running from the streets and dripping from the [...]
Lyon France France, we explored the Rhone river area from where it flows out of Lac Leman past promenades and waterfront shopping and cafes through valleys sprinkled with small villages of stone houses and vineyards between them. And further downstream to the confluence with the Saone in Lyon. In Lyon, we spent several nights, [...] The little Dalmatian coast town of Omis sits in a bowl of cliffs. The long, narrow mountains that parallel the Bracki Channel of the Adriatic curve inland at the mouth of the Cetina River, forming a crescent facing the water. The steep walls are faded grey in the sun, dotted with bright green where [...] The family has grown more egalitarian; teamwork through travel. The lessons are very clear and obvious. Not a lecture from a parent about some abstract thought, but the reality that if we don’t all carry our own bags we will miss the train. Understanding that to figure things out, like how to weigh and label [...]
Yesterday we visited Mirabella, the pirate fortress above the old town of Omis. Before leaving to wander, I spent hours researching online schools. Having the specific need of a child in high school who would be returning to the public school system at the end of our journey meant there were not a crowd of [...] HERE YOU GO… YOUR BLOG HOP TRAVEL CONTEST PLAY CARDS! Click here to download the play card for this week. PLAYING THE BLOG HOP? Eating Savoie |
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