For our last night in Iceland we stayed in a hotel that had no wheels and a shower that doesn’t require quarters. Van camping is an experience worth having but so are showers without timers. We had two proper meals while we were in Reykjavik (oh wait, I do know 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 turned out, we were pleasantly surprised. Zagreb is a really 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, forced us into Bosnia briefly and then back into Croatia. 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 old, narrow, exquisitely detailed, and best of all they beg Read more…