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...

Truth is It will be some time before I fully understand my experience here in Medjugorje. This is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics from around the world. A place where Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is said to continue daily communication with two visionaries at precisely 6:40pm...and sometimes when it isn't expected.Until June 24, 1981, (when the visions began) this was a tiny village inhabited by Croatian Christians in what was then Yugoslavia. Now it is ...

After cramming everything we had with us in our carry-on bags we made our way to the Geneva airport to board EasyJet plane to Split, Croatia. After stuffing the bags in the overhead bin and our bodies in to row 26, we settled down to enjoy the sights we couldn't see from the last row. Note to all you travellers... it might be worth the extra money to select your seats.We arrived to blue skies with stormy patches which, set against the craggy cliffs and blu...