Lest you all think we’re jet-setting around, dining in the finest establishments with an unlimited budget . . . this picture shows our typical lunch layout, which is also the occasional dinner on the road. The sausages, cheeses, and breads are always local and very good. The chips are a…
Way behind on travel notes at the moment. We’re on day 2 of Crete but my stories haven’t caught up with Mali Losinj, about a week ago. But I want to sneak in this short note from Kissamos, Crete, Greece. This note has been lurking for a while, but I…
Did you know that little kids form tour groups and they are no different than American kids on field trips? The boys poke each other to try to get a wrestling match going, and the girls at the end of the line have whispered conversations when the teacher isn’t looking.…
I guess I’ve gotten too comfortable with driving like a European. I’ve seen several speed traps along the way, but never seen anyone pulled over. They were waiting for the dumb American to get over-confident. I was going 72 in a 60 km zone. We got close to the Dubrovnik…
The “must-do” of Dubrovnik is to walk the walls. There are only 3 stairways up to the ramparts. The most obvious one is next to the main entrace at Pile Gate, and it rises to the ramparts very close to the highest point of the walls. The stairway is one…
Massive and Formidable. Massive and Elegant. Massive and Impregnable. Massive and Dainty. Massive and Loved to Death. Toss out your Disney, throw off your Hollywood, forget your storybooks. They simply can’t carry the weight of Dubrovnik, and I’m not only referring to the walls that are 20 feet of solid…
