Monthly Archives: October 2014

Is that it is off center.

Fano, Italy. Part of the former Roman riveira, packed with nearly forgotten history and a nearly forgotten shipyard. Like our winter home last year, La Ciotat in France, Fano has a long shipyard past that is rather quiet these days. … Continue reading →

Montenegro has a history that is so complicated that my only hope is to point you here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro Suffice it to say that nearly every civilization since before there was civilization has been through these beautiful mountains, leaving marks on … Continue reading →

I knew that Dubrovnik was another beautiful walled city perched on an outcropping of rock. I had heard that is was bombed to bits by the Yugoslav Peoples Army in the war in the 1990s and restored to something of … Continue reading →

We went in and found the town wall empty, so we decided to stay. It is very rare to be able to tie up side to in the med, but it allowed lots of folks to walk up and get … Continue reading →

We anchored near Ston, and took the dinghy in to see the Ston Saltworks, a salt collection that still operates today the way it has since Medieval time. Ston connects the Pelješik peninsula to the mainland, so a wall was … Continue reading →

We left Trstenik and motor sailed to the Miljet National Park on the island of Miljet. We navigated in and around a series of bays to a harbor that would have to be protected from any weather. By the time … Continue reading →

Beautiful old town and UNESCO site just a 30 kuna bus rise from UNESCO site Stari Grad, on Hvar island, Croatia.