Month: October 2018

Cinque Terre consists of five villages on the northwest cost of Italy. All are either on the ocean or overlook it from the cliffs above. Our destination for 3 nights was the town of Corniglia, the middle village of the five. The drive from Siena was beautiful and easy until we reached the seaport town […]

(I am behind in this blog and starting to group places together😒) Our last day in Santorini started out great; a late check-out, buffet breakfast at the hotel followed by a swim in the ocean and some last minute beach-glass hunting. Then the travel gods decided that the Rice’s had had enough easy transitions. I […]

We took the slow ferry ⛴ from Paros to Naxos and it was a very pleasant 40 minute ride as the slow ferries seem like cruise ships. After picking up our rental car in the harbor, we stopped for lunch before heading to our apartment. We texted our host and he said that he was […]

We took the ” fast ferry” to Mykonos, it’s very comfortable and a fast ride but they are invariably late. Upon arriving in Mykonos harbor we found our rental car 🚗 waiting for us, the driver had a sign with our preprinted name on it – pretty classy for a $20/day rental car. The driver […]

Our first surprise was the prop plane to Athens from Dubrovnik. I forget that the countries of Europe are smaller and closer together than many of our states. Still, I was pretty sure that Dubrovnik to Athens was a fair distance. Although the plane was fairly noisy, It was actually quite nice inside and we […]

The drive to Montenegro was a short distance but was pretty slow as you have to pass through 3 customs/immigration stops and you have to drive around Kotor Bay through multiple small villages. The bay is stunningly beautiful with high mountains all around and it is almost glass smooth, the only ripples created by passing […]

Dubrovnik is a city built on a hillside. The old town is completely inside the fortress at the edge of the bay below the “newer” part of the city. We walked the 340 stairs to old town – yes – Terri counted them. Old town is beautiful with it’s meandering pedestrian -only passageways, many plazas […]

While Hvar island is known for its vibrant city, parties and nightlife; Mljet is just the opposite. It is a sleepy island with no cities, only small villages that find themselves crammed into the small coves of the island. There is no airport and most visitors and locals, (except the yachting crowd), get back and […]

We had not used our rental car since arriving in Split and now the plan was to leave it parked, (completely blocking the sidewalk), with all the local’s cars on a side street and pick it up on our return from Hvar Island. So, somewhat apprehensively, we left our car and apartment for the fast […]

After our long and detoured road-trip from Plitvice, we arrived in Split with our host waiting for us. Our apartment was on the fifth floor and again, no elevator. 90 steps later with our backpacks on we arrived to our space, it needed some furniture updates but had everything we want plus a great view […]