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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Visit to Croatia: day trip to Kotor, Montenegro
Firstly, my apologies to anyone who was sent a version of this post without any text. For the first time, in more than 170 posts, I accidently hit the ‘Publish’ button! These photos are from a day trip we took … Continue reading
Visit to Croatia: Ston & Dubrovnik
After our short ferry ride from Korčula to Orebic, our coach took us back down the Pelješac peninsula to the town of Ston. For many centuries, Ston was part of the republic of Dalmatia, whose leaders managed to retain a … Continue reading
Rack ’em Danno
Maggie and I returned from Europe in the second week of October, slap bang in the middle of Spring-lamb season. Although the supply of quality cuts of lamb is not as seasonal as it once was, it is still … Continue reading
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Tagged lamb rack, palak, recipe for roast rack of lamb, roast lamb
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Visit to Croatia: Pelješac peninsula & Korčula
Our next destination was the town of Korčula, on the island of the same name. To reach there, we had to travel the length of the Pelješac peninsula, from Ston – more of that in my next post – to … Continue reading
Postojna caves postscript
In a recent post, which I have now amended, I wrote about a visit to the Postojna caves in Slovenia. In conclusion, I said that I had “found the experience very stimulating but I also felt that the operation was … Continue reading
Visit to Croatia: Brač
After our night in Split, Robert dropped us off by the city’s main seaside promenade and then took the tour coach to join the queue for the ferry that, some two hours later, would take us to Supetar on the … Continue reading
Visit to Croatia: Trogir & Split
After our night in Plitvice, we headed south, descending out of the large cloud mass that had dominated the previous day’s weather and onwards to the Dalmatian coast. By late morning, we had arrived at Trogir, a delightful town that … Continue reading
Visit to Croatia: Postojna caves, Istra & Plitvice lakes
On a sad note, as I write this post, it is less than three days since the terrifying events in Paris took place. Paris is our favourite travel destination and some of the attacks took place only a kilometre or … Continue reading
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Tagged Croatia, Insight Vacations, Istra peninsula, Plitvice lakes, Postojna caves
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Visit to Croatia: Zagreb
This is the first of seven new posts about our recent visit to Croatia. Previously, I have posted a panoramic account of my walk along the walls of Dubrovnik, and my shared my opinions of the suitability of a coach … Continue reading
A pair of favourites
Late last week, Maggie and I spent a couple of hours making two very different foods with pears, each dish a favourite, each one using a different variety of pear. First, it was Maggie’s favourite homemade condiment, a spicy pear … Continue reading
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