Fort Lovrijenac, Churches, and Hordes
Today is my last full day in Dubrovnik. I don’t leave until mid-afternoon tomorrow, so I’ll have more to say about this city then. I’m...
Museum x 2, Church x 3, and an Aquarium
This afternoon, after a morning on Mount Srd, I visited a couple of museums, three churches, and an aquarium. That sounds busier than it was,...
Mount Srd
I wanted to go to the top of Mount Srd because I felt sorry for it. I mean, really. A mountain, and not a particularly...
Elaphite Island Cruise (2): Šipan and Lopud
This post continues and concludes my ramblings about the day cruise I took to the Elaphite Islands. The first post covered the morning, including a...
Elaphite Island Cruise (1): Koločep
Today I went on “the best Elaphite Islands day cruise with lunch by Regina Maris.” That’s how the cruise listed itself on Viator. It takes...
Rector’s Palace, Ethnographic Museum, Synagogue (Dubrovnik)
If you read the immediately preceding journal entry, you know that I’m trying out posting twice a day here, rather than once as I did...
City Walls, Maritime & Dominican Museums of Dubrovnik
This morning here in Dubrovnik, I walked along the old city walls and visited the Maritime Museum and the Dominican Monastery Museum. But before I...
Dubrovnik, Day One Half
I headed out on the road again. Well, not literally on the road. It’s a long, wet drive from Toronto to Dubrovnik. Besides, I don’t...
Dublin Again
A plane, trains, buses, a minibus, a horse-drawn carriage, and a ferry. I rode them all on this trip to and in Ireland. This morning,...
Galway Plus
This morning, the Galway weather forecast called for a partly cloudy morning with no precipitation. It expected there to be rain all afternoon and evening....