Basic math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. No problem. Geometry? Piece of cake. Algebra? Now you’re making me think. Calculus? Give me a book and I can get something done. But we don’t need any of that any more, do we? Especially if you were born after 1980 or so. The…
We did a lot of wandering around the web reading blogs and watching videos on YouTube while planning the trip. We also talked to friends that had been to Croatia and Greece. Then we did what we usually do: plan as little as possible and let the trip “happen to…
We intentionally set our trip for October in order to avoid the tourist crowds. September might have been a better choice, because October has mixed blessings. Everywhere we’ve been so far, the waiters, bartenders, cabbies and so on are tourist-fatigued. Most of them have been working 12 hour days, 7…
We’re getting surprises every day on the prices of things. Sometimes very cheap, sometimes very expensive. $6 per coffee at a place on the harbor and the waiter had tourist fatigue to the max. Not friendly. $1.20 glass of wine, $1.50 glass of beer, also on the harbor, waitress with…
A couple of posts ago I mentioned an Italian family at another table in Baracuda, the best restaurant in Mali, Losinj, Croatia. I hadn’t wanted to take a picture of our excellent dinner there (sorry cousin Barb) but I snuck out my phone for this quick picture. Couldn’t resist. They…
After our exciting drive along the top of the mountain which is Cres Island, Croatia, we dropped down to sea level and crossed a narrow swivel bridge onto Losinj Island. At some point in the distant past, the two islands were one. But a narrow channel was cut that saved…
