Category: Other stories

A nerve wracking day. First it was- yeah we will be fine, no problems. Then it was yes we are doing good and then England start batting. It was still Continue Reading →

Even when you think you are staring into nothingness the vast sea ahead, the islets in the distance, the blue sky above, you realise there is something in the nothing Continue Reading →

Tuesday in Korčula Another balmy sunny day. There is not a single cloud in the silvery blue sky. It has been like this for the past few days. We walk Continue Reading →

Monday in Korčula  Breakfast on the restaurant balcony in the shade overlooking the peninsula, is something to look forward to on these languid balmy mornings. There is no rush, the Continue Reading →

We are six months into the year and to welcome in the beginning of the second half of the year Korčula celebrates New (half) year on the 30th of June. Continue Reading →

Saturday in Korčula The water taxi leaves from the hotel beach taxi stand every half an hour. We get a hop on-hop off ticket and join the beach hoppers. Twenty Continue Reading →

Friday in Korcula  I open the curtains and the door to the balcony. Has the sun forgotten to switch on his alarm clock? We are going to the National park Continue Reading →

The first time I heard about Pliny was in connection with Pompei and the eruption of Vesuvius. That was Pliny the younger who documented the event. Pliny the elder was Continue Reading →