October 9, 2026 Everyone Loves the Cats … or do they? Dubrovnik, Croatia There is a huge Italian influence throughout Dubrovnik because of the close distance from Bari and Venice. And where there is Italian influence, there are cats! Ok, I am sure cultures the world over figured out that cats will go after mice and rats and clean things up a bit. However, […]

October 7, 2026 How Big is Your Umbrella? Mokošica, Croatia For the three days it was forecasted to rain cats and dogs — uhh, mostly cats — people in the streets and stairways of Mokošica had one umbrella each. The clouds were swirling but no rain to speak of yet. Everyone walked their usual routes to school and work and had full size umbrellas […]

October 4, 2026 Landscape and History – the shape of a place Croatia Roadtrip: Zadar to Dubrovnik This drive reminds me of I-70 from Denver to Grand Junction, except without the bald mountain tops and traffic issues. It is gorgeous with rolling hills, wildlife tunnels, fall colors of reds and oranges on the close foothills, and the craggy points of the more distant mountains. […]

October 3, 2026 The 3 National Parks – Plitvice, Paklenica, and Krka Zadar, Croatia Plitvice Lakes National Park It’s known as the most beautiful National Park in all of Europe. Yes, it’s crowded. Tour groups from as many countries as you can think of in gaggles up to 50 people. Some are families like us, taking a day trip and exploring all there is […]

October 2, 2026 Croatia: Distinctively Different Zadar, Croatia Something was different here. As soon as we boarded the plane to Croatia and realized the Ryanair crew was boarding us onto a plane owned by another company! Were we really still headed to Zadar. We took a bus out to the tarmac to board. Maybe they brought this bus to the wrong plane? We found […]