Just after visiting the beautiful Adriatic coast, things went south. I missed an internet work meeting because Zoom blocked my call, I yelled at my kids for being more interested in their phones than the world around them, it took half an hour to get the Pula parking app to load, the landlord at the … Continue reading The Other Colosseum
Croatia
Escape to the Castle
The guidebooks say that three days in Rovinj is plenty, maybe more than plenty. They recommend a daytrip. So that's what we did. Kathleen picked Svetvinčenat (Saint Vincent), a tiny medieval town about 20 minutes east of Rovinj. There's not much to see except the castle Morosini-Grimaldi. But the castle had an escape room. An … Continue reading Escape to the Castle
The Wind and Waves
Before we left Belgrade, the kids told us what they were most looking forward to on this trip. Josh wanted to chill along the Adriatic, and Kathleen was looking forward to visiting a castle on the interior of Istria. The castle visit could only be done on a Sunday, so we had one full day … Continue reading The Wind and Waves