Travelling Lore

Before I wrap up my Adriatic Adventure series with Rome, let's backtrack a little bit to our time spent in Dubrovnik .  Wanting a change of scenery during our last day in Croatia, we took an unplanned guided trip from Dubrovnik (there are a handful of companies to choose from) to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.  We're big into planning vacations, but sometimes we like to be spontaneous. Sometimes. ;) Mostar is about a three hour drive from Dubrovnik when you take into account all of the border crossings.  I think we crossed borders three times each way due to the route.  Before we got Mostar, though, we stopped at Počitelj , a small city in the Čapljina Municipality.  During the middle ages it was the administrative center and center of governance of Dubrava župa (county) and its westernmost point gave it a strategic advantage.  The town fell to the Ottomans in 1471 and, once the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell in 1878, it lost its strategic impo...

Hello, U.S.A.!  Long time, no see!  After a wonderful three-week vacation (and an extensive return flight delay), we're finally back home.  While on our Adriatic circuit we visited Venice, Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; and southern Italy.  I have a ton of photos to sort through before I can properly share my vacation on here.  But in the meantime please enjoy my Instagram roundup of some of our vacation destinations. Evening gondola ride in Venice, Italy. View from Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy. Vintgar Gorge hike in Slovenia. Tasting some orange wine at Dvorni Wine Bar in Ljubljana, Slovenia. View of Rovinj, Croatia from St. Catherine Island. Plitvice National Park, Croatia. Amazing view from our guest house in Korčula, Croatia. Beaching it up in Lumbarda, Croatia. Enjoying some Bosnian coffee  in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pompeii, Italy with Mt. Vesuvius in the background. ...