Odds & Ends - Rome was the end in 2021
It has taken me awhile to get to this final post. It seems when we get back into the U.S., we get busy doing many things around the house - although, it really only took about a week to get everything organized and going again. Anyway, I have a few final pictures from Tuscany, and from there we spen...
The Val d’Orcia
Ok - I will need to do this one in a couple of posts, as we ended up staying in this area for nearly a month. It is really hard to explain, but this is likely our favorite spot on the planet. Tuscany is a fairly large area encompassing Florence in the north and La Spezia on the coast, down past Pisa...
A few days in Florence
Originally, we thought we’d visit Italy, but via Sicily after Greece. Since our Greece plans were cancelled, and we decided to visit Venice and northern Italy, we had to stop in Florence for at least a few days. This is an incredible city, with beautiful museums, views, food and…well, food and drink...
A little of the “Bubbly”
From Venice we took the train north to Conegliano - about a one hour train, with a few local stops along the way. Once we arrived we picked up a rental car and headed to our home for the next five days, “Maso di villa”, a nice B&B in Collalto, near the town of Susegana. This was a nice place to stay...
Into Italy we go - Venice!
After wrapping up a great few weeks in the northwestern part of Croatia, we found we could take a 2.5 hour high speed ferry directly from Rovinj to Venice. Though we would go ahead and do this, and get into Italy before any additional Covid restrictions were put into place. So, up at the crack of da...
An Extra Month in Croatia
Ok - let’s start by saying this may be a long post. Sorry (?). I’ll try to keep it short, and you can look at the photos in the album, but I am packing a month into this one post, so be gentle please. Well, since Greece was put on the ”Level 4” list by the US CDC, we decided to hole-up in Croatia fo...
“Stuck” in Croatia
“Stuck” for lack of a better term… The U.S. CDC placed Greece on the “Level 4 - Do not Travel” list, the day before we were supposed to go. Being “good citizens” (and the fact that we may have insurance issues if we travelled there), we cancelled all of our Greece accommodations and decided to just...
Korcula, Oh Korcula!
What a great place to spend our first three weeks outside the U.S. in over a year. We’ve been here before but had to come back to enjoy the summer season on the water. We stay in a (not too) small AirBNB, about a 10 minute walk or 3 minute water taxi ride from the old city. Right above the bay, with...
Happy BD; Anniversary; Policija!!
Here’s a little post for you from our home base in Korcula, Croatia. Spent a (mostly) wonderful day on a little boat, exploring some of the islands between Korcula and the mainland. The boat - just maybe a 14’ RIB with a 40hp outboard - was excellent for the 2 of us. A great way to celebrate our bir...
Time to Travel !
Finally, it’s time to travel again. We are both fully vaccinated and we were eager to start our adventures once again. I’ll just do a brief post for now, as we are currently in Korcula, Croatia and will be staying here for about three weeks. I’ll post more about Korcula itself maybe a week or so fro...