Ordinary People. Split, Croatia
11-16 May 2022. So to continue the story from the last instalment, on May 11th we stumble around getting packed …
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Coulda Woulda Shoulda – Ston and the Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia
It all begins with the car rental in Dubrovnik. One of us had found a deal online and booked a …
Cursed and Ransacked – Lokrum Island and Cavtat, Croatia
Cursed! In the 11th century an abbey and monastery was founded on Lokrum Island. It was run by a powerful …
The Pearl Of The Adriatic – Dubrovnik, Croatia
I’m at home in Vancouver now. On this cool summer day I can hear the traffic swooshing past outside the …
Wow! What a Ride! An overview of seven weeks in Croatia and Greece
3 May-21 June 2022. Fear at the beginning. Unusual for me. Perhaps prescient. I don’t know. Something could go wrong! …
One Darn Thing After Another! Three weeks in Croatia.
Don’t get me wrong, Croatia is a wonderful country. But this: 1. We were travelling with two other people. Even …
You Had Me At Hello: Venice, Bali, Varanasi
This is the fourth post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …
Ancient Grace: the cathedral and town of Chartres
9 Feb 2019 I’m standing on the station platform. The train doors are closing and are more than half shut …
Paris is always a good idea. Stories of a brief winter sojourn
5-8 February 2019 In December 1973, when I was 23 years old, I left Australia for the first time. The …
Winter In The City of Light – ordinary and extraordinary Paris
5-8 February 2019. I’d returned from a solo seven-week journey to Japan and China in early June 2018. The summer …
Iconic Istanbul: the Grand Bazaar, the Spice Market, and Ayasofya
23-30 September 2015. In Greek it’s Hagia Sofia, meaning holy wisdom. In Turkish it’s Ayasofya. The Byzantine cathedral of Ayasofya …
A Mosque, Some Mosaics, and a Whole Lot of Raw Meat: the streets of Istanbul
22-29 September 2015. Somewhere in Istanbul. We are far from the usual tourist haunts, walking down a narrow cobbled street. …
Istanbul: Topkapi Palace and other beauties
21-29 September 2015. We go full circle in Turkey – from Istanbul to Ephesus, to the Mediterranean coast, to Pamukkale …
Seven Things To Discover in Cappadocia
17-20 September 2015. 1. Strange and Spectacular Landscape: Cappadocia covers an area in central Turkey about 400 kilometres (250 m) …
Adventures in Wonderland 