We sleep in, kind of. Awake at 05:20. Plans for a pre breakfast walk are dismissed as we lay in bed with the window open and let the cold air in. Croatians know how to party, there is plenty of noise on the street. I don’t understand the langauge so I cannot tell if it…
The Boogie Lab
“I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread” Charles Bukowski I am not a restaurant or food critic. I don’t think this space will ever have more than a passing interest in food. I will make an exception today. The Boogie Lab deserves its own entry. The…
Return to Otočac
Sometimes you eat something and it is so good everything you eat after it gets compared to that one perfect dish. It is not to say you can’t enjoy a meal after this perfect plate, but when you eat the same food again, it is always measured against that one amazing moment. This is what…
Arrivals – Croatia
We spent the last month or so of our bike trip in Zagreb. It was Spring turning to summer and Zagreb was a beautiful place to relax with nothing to do. We booked our flight to Zagreb a month ago and it feels like we are heading home. “…everyone needs a somewhere, a place he…
Abstinence
When you are in that half awake place just before dawn. You are dreaming, but its not a real dream. You can change the pattern of where your mind wanders, but not entirely. Half sleep. And suddenly where you pushed your thoughts you became instantly aware that you have forgotten something important and you jolt…
A Little Dusty
“We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one” Voltaire A terrible nights sleep and hungover. As I fell asleep last night the beer in my stomach was churning. It was a nauseating sensation. When I finally fell asleep…
Forever Young
“The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.” Oscar Wilde Because aging is a gradual process, you don’t realise it is happening. And suddenly you are old. It occurred to me this morning in the gym, my training has shifted from what my goals are and what program to run to…
Long(er) Weekends
I have grown used to a three day weekend so a four day weekend is a refreshing change of pace. I am not joking, I struggle to imagine working a five day week. Strange thing is, I am still squeezing 40 hours of work into those four days. I guess this is why we call…
Day Trip
Shell is awake before I am. Like always, she wakes me up by asking me if I am awake until I am awake. “Even a soul submerged in sleepis hard at work and helpsmake something of the world.” Heraclitus She decides we will get up early and head to Kalba. We can watch the sunrise…