Archive for the ‘The Air, Land and Sea’ Category

A Recollection of Istria

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Heading from Zagreb to the Istrian peninsula is a bit like bidding farewell to a tipsy uncle at a boisterous family gathering as you retreat to the peace of a rustic cottage in a cool, quiet forest. I’d arrived in Croatia’s easygoing capital a few days earlier on my first ...

Kicking Dalmatian Sunset

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Another murderous jaunt to Croatia's coast has yielded fresh battle wounds, tan lines and hundreds of new photos. I netted this one on the beach in front of Buže and Veronika's caffe bar in Sumpetar, just 12 kilometers from Split.

Tourists Late, Crops On Schedule in Dalmatia

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

The tourist season may be off to a late start in Dalmatia this year, but the growing season is already in full swing on the Pelješac Peninsula. These grapes are soaking up sixteen hours of intense sunlight daily, preparing to be VERY strong white wine. Here beneath the fearsome Sveti Ilija, ...

Why Croatia?

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

To declare that the vastness of the Dalmatian topography inflames the heart and rouses the spirit is to vastly understate the actuality of its magnificence. This is but one view of the Pelješac Canal from the road to Nakovana. The clipper you see anchored at Korčula was rumored in Viganj ...