Split
Croatia
May 30 2015
I adopt three distinct strategies to avoid the teeming hordes streaming through the streets of the Old City of Split.
The first strategy is to avoid them altogether by wandering towards the port and then up the cobbled streets and stairways to the hills above the city. Great scenery…well worth the climb....
Hvar Island
(pop 11,200)
Adriatic Sea
Republic of Croatia
June 2, 2015
Hello,
On Hvar, the hills are alive with the sound of motor scooters. Automobiles are impractical given the steep and narrow cobbled lanes,
I stroll down the floral-forested path from my hilltop guest house to the shoreline and the pebbled beach.
Luxury hotels replete with lagoon-sized swimming pools and spas face west to the gleaming sea. (Thai Massage anyone?)
Dubrovnik (pop 42,615)
Croatia
June 9, 2015
Hello,
The crowds in Dubrovnik are overwhelming.
(If you’ve been here, you know what I’m talking about.)
Wikipedia says, “Dubrovnik is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic Sea.”
The Old Town is swarming with tourists and passengers on an excursion from their cruise ships. (Yes, ships! Every day, ships!)
Once again I employ my “Split Strategy.”
July 21, 2015
The Kingdom of Denmark
Copenhagen, the capital city
A lovely city …
A bright city …
A colorful city …
A walkable city …
A modern city …
A traditional city …
And yet, a city where anything goes?
Copenhagen
Denmark
July 22. 2015
Dear Friends,
As its name implies, Copenhagen is a town that has a long history of international commerce and trade.
The name of the city reflects its origin as a harbour and a place of commerce. The original designation, from which the contemporary Danish name derives, was Køpmannæhafn, meaning "merchants' harbour", or Hafn or Havn ("harbour").
Wherever I walk, I find water: rivers and canals and the open sea.
Gjógv
Eysturoy
Faroe Islands,
July 24, 2015
Makiko and Hiroshi are excellent travel companions. We meet by accident somewhere on the island of Eysturoy and since I am driving and they are taking the bus from place to place, they eagerly accept my invitation to travel together.
We decide that the town of Gjógv would be our intermediate destination. The small town sits at the northerly tip of the island. The map shows that there is a restaurant there.
