After our walk through the ruins on the outskirts of Salona, we drove up to Klis Fortress. It’s perched up high so as to deter attacks. After driving up the steep road, Mark and I decided that was a well played decision. Without a rental car, we decided we wouldn’t have made an attack on …
After church today, on the advice of our new friend Matt from sv Lia, we roamed over to explore the remains of an ancient colosseum in Salona, just outside Split and then up to the Klis Fortress. In it’s 2nd century AD heyday, this amphitheater could hold 17,000 spectators who would come to watch …
Since we’re working our way to the Split airport so our oldest kids can catch a new flight on another airline, we decided to scoot around Vis—a spectacularly laid back Croatian island. Our scooters were called “Typhoons” but someone at the moped factory got a little over-zealous on model naming day. As we sadly …
We were stoked to find a great parking spot when we pulled in to the town of Korčula, but then we got out and TRIED to read the parking sign–no comprendo. So we pulled out our handy dandy phones and did a little google photo translate. The fact that it could translate the sign was …
We took a little sunset reconnaissance ride with Cheyenne and Clark to go check out another submarine cave. It seems we can’t get enough of these stealthy hiding spots. They are endlessly fascinating. This cave was up in Croatia and a bit bigger than the ones we saw in Montenegro. This one was …
Before Clark and Cheyenne left to come see us, I told them that it’s so freakin’ HOT here that it wasn’t necessary to pack sweatshirts or jackets. Good thing they NEVER listen to their mother. P.S. Mother Nature may have forced Mark and I into wearing warm clothes today but we still have our …
We headed into the walls of Kotor to take Cheyenne and Clark to climb to to its fortress and take in the amazing views that overlook the bay. This time I stayed back on the boat since the wind was still blowing pretty good while Mark finally got to climb up the steep steps and …
The wind has picked up and has been whipping really good here in Kotor’s bay. Just as it did the last time we were here. The steep mountains act like a huge bernoulli tube which concentrates the wind and rushes it down over the mountains, sweeping down into with a steady push into the bay …
We had to go back one more time to Kotor to let our oldest kids take in the old city, conquer the castle stairs that reach a pitch so high up the mountain side that you think you’ll never get there, and cradle ourselves one more time beneath the steep cliffs that rise above the …
Winding our way home has unfolded a spectacular scene of bridges, tunnels, and viewpoints.
