The second and final stop for the trip was Opolo Vineyards. While I wouldn’t call JUSTIN “stuffy”, by comparison Opolo was much more of an everyman’s vineyard. Their “featured” food was wood-fired pizza and their patio felt more backyard BBQ Read more
The first of two wineries we visited this weekend was JUSTIN. We sat on their patio, had a few tastings, and ate meat and cheese off of wood, as one does when wine-ing. The views here are magnificent, the wine Read more
There is a LOT of amazing food up in Paso and our friends Mafe and Tavo were kind enough to show us their favorite spots. I’m just going to cover the two dinners we had but if memory serves correctly Read more
As we’ll be doing for the next couple of days, we spent the day on the dog beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego. The pups do enjoy running around and behave incredibly well off the leash, but they opted largely Read more
For Sarah’s birthday we went to Pawmicon – which is a portmanteau of the two words “some dog owners” and “are out of their minds”. In this ComiCon for dogs, owners and their furry puppers dress up as their favorite Read more
We spent our last day checking out Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Truth be told, this stopover was really just our way of getting near the airport for a 6 AM Friday arrival (sorry, Zagreb, nothing personal). But as it Read more
The sites from Wednesday’s visit to the Plitvice Lakes are better seen than read. If you want more information, you can check out their website here. All you really need to know is that this park is nothing but turquoise Read more
Overlooking the island of Hvar is a fortress built in the 1500s (see placard below). From our hotel, it was only about a 10 minute walk to the base of the hill upon which is sits and then a leisurely Read more
On Monday we put Dubrovnik in our rear view mirror and headed for Hvar, a wonderful Island whose awkward pronunciation is directly proportionate to how beautiful it is. The bus we took, which in retrospect had no rear view mirror, Read more
Besides waling the city walls we took some time to wander the streets of Dubrovnik. Not surprisingly, there’s something vaguely Venetian about them – or perhaps to my untrained American eye all European cities are equally unlike American cities. They’re Read more