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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 [...] 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 [...]
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 [...] Omis and the pirate fort Like a turtle pushing its head tentatively from the protection of its shell, we are beginning to take a look around us. We arrived in Croatia with a backlog of work, and our first several days were spent looking backwards or toward setting up a household. Because we were in [...]
Old Town in Split, Croatia We ventured up the coast to Split yesterday afternoon. The bus route follows the coastline road, dotted with small villages that steadfastly focus on the sea, small, pebbly beaches, jetties built for boats, and docks. Without a map, we guessed at the bus stop we wanted, after we jumped up [...] The vines under our balcony are growing leaves, every day we can see less of the parking spaces below. This morning the sun was hot enough we had to change out of our pajamas into shorts to enjoy the morning outside. Clouds have begun to roll in, however, and we may see rain again by [...] In the years that have passed since I lived with my Oma and went to school on Germany for a year and John spent his gap year after college vagabonding through Europe, things have changed on the visa front. Our tentative plan had us landing in Europe in February, and not leaving for Africa until [...] |
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