Back in Croatia we thought things would be more familiar. Easier to travel, find accommodation and food. Well things change in a month. Not only are the leaves turning and the tourists thinning out, so our our options. Pretty strange to turn up at a seaside town for lunch only to find they "haven't had food for two weeks". Took me a minute to realize they weren't going hungry, they just didn't serve meals until next tourist season. Again we were...

Korcula is another fortress town with a now very familiar history (Greeks, Romans, Napoleon & tourists etc.) with one huge exception. Apparently Marco Polo was born here. Now if you are from Venice you will take exception to this and claim him as your own. The locals here will smile indulgently and prove they are right by showing you his home. I'm inclined to agreewith them. After all, Venice doesn't need him to bring in the tourists, There is a lot...

Leaving our friends behind we rolled along the waterfront and on to the bus in less than 20 minutes. Our destination is the ancient city of Trogir.Protected by UNESCO this Romanic island town was founded by Greek colonists in the 3rd century BC. Then came the Romans, Byzantines, Hungarians, Venetians and even Napoleon. Trogir is billed as the best preserved Romanesque-Gothic town in Central Europe. We just thought it was a delightful labyrinth of narrow cobbl...

September 17th-19th - Zut Island - VodiceLeaving along the open water we got a good sailIn as we made our way to Zut Island for the night. Full on sunshine the rocky islands gave way to more olive trees and the odd homestead as we passed many, many islands and exposedrocks. Doreen got a chance to sail wing on wing, her favourite way to go.Zut had a huge marina which quickly filled up with noisy, beer swilling (many start at breakfast), partying Eastern European...

Sept. 12 - 16th Last night the heavens opened up with a spectacular display of sheet lightening and torrential rain. We woke to distant cloud and sun. The rain came again when we read of the passing of our dear friend. It is like her to leave this earth during a storm on September 11th...a day we will now remember for a different reason. Leaving Madugorje after morning mass was both a relief and a sadness. There was no rain, just a cool September morning...