Split - night 1
June 9, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
What a great way to start our first night. Easy 3.5 hour direct flight from Edinburgh to Split. A driver who picked us up and a quick dinner and to bed.
We really love that it’s a 1 hour timeRead more
Walking Around our Neighborhood
June 10, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Marc headed out early today and did some shopping for our “regular” house basics. Bread, meats, cream, coffee, yoghurt and juice.
Then we both did our walk about through and around ourRead more
Rain in Split Doesn’t Fool Around
June 12, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
When it rains in Split in the summer it rains! Buckets and buckets and huge rain drops. We are staying in for a while but I’ve got a craving for Mexican food. If it clears up enough we will ventureRead more
Split - catch up post
June 13, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
I’ve been lazy and have not posted since we arrived in Split. Sometimes “Slow Travel” is just about hanging out.
I have been walking around and exploring our new home. Here are some photos thatRead more
Film Festival
June 13, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
10 days of a Film Festival! All films are from the Mediterranean area. There are 4 movie theaters, Three are outdoors. Opening night was wonderful. Movie starts at 9:15; admit is only 3 euros, a glassRead more
Krka National Park
June 14, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
A bus tour with 40 complete strangers is not our favorite way to visit anything, but I can honestly say this one was amongst our best.
A reasonable start time of 8:15 was a good start.
Hour bus rideRead more
Trogir
June 18, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
In the other side of the bay is the town of Trogir. It felt similar to Split without the Palace and without sooo many tourists but still many.
Lively narrow streets and a central plaza withRead more
Klis Fortress
June 18, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Bus tour stop at Klis Fortress. Originally built by the Romans but added to over and over by each subsequent army. It’s such an obvious spot for a fortress.
The walls and structures seem prettyRead more
Salona
June 19, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
This is a Roman archeological site. Salina had an interesting history of growth and then abandonment. At its height it was home to 60,000 Roman’s but after Rome fell, the people didn’t feel safeRead more
Shopping Mall
June 19, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
I, Pam, have worked out that what is considered hot weather clothes in California is NOT hot weather clothes in Croatia. In other words my cotton shorts and t shirts, are too hot and tooRead more
Omis
June 21, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 97 °F
The Adriatic Coast is wonderful. Full of old towns and lots of water front with beaches. Not huge long sweeping beaches that are hundred yards long like Maui, little tiny beaches. Some no more than 12Read more
We Are Having a Heat Wave….
June 21, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
The past two days have been brutally hot. Up to 100’sF and there is some sort of inversion of haze that is blocking out the visibility like a fog, but it is also bouncing the heat keeping the tempsRead more
Hvar daytrip
June 22, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
The town of Hvar is on the island of Hvar, about 47K from Split. The fast catamaran ferry gets there in about one hour. I went for a day.
This is a very busy tourist town. Full of boats for hire andRead more
More Mostar
June 23, 2024 in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Here are some photos I took while at Mostar. Pam’s post is maxed out on pics.
Mostar- Bosnia Hertzagovina
June 23, 2024 in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Less than 2 hour drive and we crossed the border into another country. Bosnia Herzegovina with a difficult past and it is a recent past. I won’t attempt to explain the civil war and the events bothRead more
Pilgrimage to Medugorje
June 23, 2024 in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
Our second stop in Bosnia-Herzegovina was the small town of Medugorje. This town is the 4th most popular Catholic Pilgrimage destination in Europe. Big surprise for me!
Long story short, six teenagersRead more
Island Catamaran
June 25, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Today we are heading to Dubrovnik. There is a surprisingly limited number of ways to get down coastal Croatia.
The train tracks don’t go south beyond Split. And a bus ride works but recently theRead more
Thar be Pirates at the Castle!
June 25, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Dubrovnik castle was visited by privateers at sunset. A beautiful two mast sloop, filled with pirates, came into the small protected harbor to steel away a few souls into the night. The sloop wasRead more
Perast - Montenegro
June 26, 2024 in Montenegro ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Cross the border into Montenegro and we had breakfast and a walk about in Perast.
The was a road on the water and a single walkway on the other side.
Just adorable.
Kotor- Montenegro
June 26, 2024 in Montenegro ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Second stop in Montenegro. Another walled city. Not much different than others that we’ve seen.
Budva - Last Stop in Montenegro
June 26, 2024 in Montenegro ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
We crossed the mountains to the coast. Again, another walled city. This was the smallest of the three we saw today. It was interesting to see several very large cruise ships in what appeared to be aRead more
Dubrovnik
June 27, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
We woke up and headed out of Dubronik. Our ferry was at 2:15 so we had extra time to explore. We headed to the gondola. A bit expensive 27€ each but we did it.
Wow! What a view. Also a restaurantRead more
Kortcula - island stop
June 28, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
We stayed only one night in the city of Korcula, on the island of Korcula. There are 1,250 islands, 40 are inhabited. Some are just rocks with trees. Most have spectacular beaches and coves.
KorculaRead more
Retired Roman Emperor
June 29, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
This post is full of pics of many centuries of new walls being built on top and next to the ancient Roman walls and foundations. And then rebuilt again and again.
On May 1st 305 AD, the Roman EmperorRead more
Road Trip Views
July 2, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
On the two hour drive to Zadar we avoided toll roads and took smaller roads. Croatia has mountains, olive trees, vineyards and some very small passages that they call streets. Not all of our path wasRead more






























































































































































































































