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We are pushing back in Amsterdam right on time. Flight time is 9 hrs and 25 minutes. Distance is 4867 miles which seems too short but I don’t think the Delta seat-back app info would be wrong. The flight is full because of other flight cancellations. When I looked yesterday there was hardly anyone on…

Aside from Jim not feeling well the ride was fine. It is a lovely drive through varied landscapes the whole way and the entire route is on a fast toll highway. Tolls have risen along with everything else. We paid about 27 euros to get from the ramp near Promajna to the edge of Zagreb,…

I’m sitting on the balcony at our apartment Emili. We are on the 3rd floor of a 5 story building. I think there are 2 units per floor.  The sun has set but the sky is still peach and slightly rose-y. There are some clouds to the east but I think we are done with…

It’s Saturday. Sky is blue and clear aside for some thin scattered clouds far in the distance. There is a cool breeze this morning, cool enough that I need my jacket as I sit in the shade on the balcony. When I sit out here I always seem to see at least one cat wandering…

We arrived safely in Promajna Croatia on Wednesday just before 5. The drive from Virpazar took closer to 5.5 hrs than the 4.5 estimated on Googlemaps. The route was scenic the entire way through small mountains and open scrubby hills, except for the stretch of road that turned to dirt through a huge limestone mining…

It’s just after 7, our last morning in Virpazar. So many birds are singing, tweeting, chirping and making sounds i have no good words for. No words are as good as the bird sounds themselves. I’ve enjoyed the barn swallows and sparrows that perch on the utility wired right next to the porch. I often…

Liljana was busy adding details to an oversized clay perch (fish) on her little table outside her shop and studio when we stopped to see her after dinner. She gestured for us to sit at a table ten feet away at the restaurant by her shop. We had Turkish coffee and talked for about 90…

I’ve slept ok the past few nights, not long enough but close, so I’m feeling ok. I really enjoyed my day ‘off’ yesterday and decided to splurge and take it easy today as well.  It rained much of the night and morning, not a storm, just a pleasant soothing rain. Marko asked if we wanted…

I’m sitting on the covered terrace at our place near Virpazar Montenegro. We arrived yesterday early afternoon after departing from  Kolasin where it was snowing all morning. It’s warmer here but far from hot.  This is our 7 th time staying in the area. We love the green valley and surrounding mountainous landscape here although…

We are in Kolašin at our second lodging because the first place wasn’t a good fit (literally) for us. We had booked two nights there but when we arrived, even though the host’s father (another Zoran) was friendly, we discovered the place is on a main road, has a tight spiral staircase that exacerbated Jim’s…