Europe 2010

We took the afternoon catamaran, called the Nona Ana, from Korcula to Mljet. Mljet is a small island that is very sparsely populated. Half of the island is a Croatian…

We rented a little boat today from a local retiree who insisted that Kory sample some of his home made liquor as it would make him a "better captain." We…

We rented a car today and Kory instantly set his sights on getting to the top of the island. We came close to the top, but nearly destroyed the rental…

We hopped on a high-speed catamaran which took us from Split to the island of Korcula. We are staying in a private apartment called Villa Sokul. It is in the…

We woke up very early and took a motor boat to the Venice airport. We were nervous about flying to Croatia and about taking a European airline from one country…

I finally went for a gondola ride in Venice! I have wanted to do it all my life. And, there is no better way to do it than with my…

We started the day at Piazza San Marco where we purchased tickets to the museums and the Doge's Palace. We visited the Correr museum today. There were lots of portraits of…

We said goodbye to Florence this morning and took the Eurostar to Venice. I loved Venice when I was here about 13 years ago with Kathy and am very much…

Today was about statues and paintings. We toured the Uffizi Gallery and, with the help of an audio guide that Kory downloaded onto our iPods, we enjoyed the famous paintings…

We stopped in Pisa on our way to Florence to see for ourselves if the famous tower really does lean. It does! We didn't spend much time in Pisa --…