Frontiers’ Jill Jergel’s Regent cruise aboard the Seven Seas Mariner continues; here are some excerpts from her Mediterranean journal: Friday, November 1, 2012 High heels were the wrong choice of footwear last night! As the Adriatic Sea flexed its muscles, it was hard enough to walk in a straight line, let alone do so in my trusty black spikes. The rocking
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Gallery of photographs from Mollie’s recent trip to Montenegro and Croatia. (Be sure to click on the i in the upper right for captions.)
Apparently Saturdays are the busiest days at Split Airport… who knew?? Apparently its turn-around day for all Adriatic resorts and the charters from all over northern Europe arrive like clockwork. We were simply trying to “get out” and lines were long regardless of class of service. We flew Croatian Airlines heading for Paris and took off remarkably on time. Arriving
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Very sad to depart Dubrovnik on the sunniest day of our trip thus far, and drinking in the spectacular view from our balcony until the last minutes, we were pleased to be re-united with Lucca, our great driver and compliment him on our restaurant experience at Wanda which he’d suggested. We drove about an hour to the start of the
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It was a sad day having to bid farewell to our new friends at Sveti Stefan, who had taken such good care of us. We awoke to a third day of cold rain and rallied for a second challenging yoga practice with Georgina – this time in the candle-lit sitting room of the “Sveti Stefan Suite,” the finest accommodation on
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Perhaps I’d allowed myself to over-anticipate the simple luxury of a direct non-stop flight from our home town to the city of our destination to the point that it was jinxed. Never mind that it is the only non-stop flight from Pittsburgh to Europe. The mechanical delay announced by Delta for their flight to Paris was extended and extended, and
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The Travel Channel’s Tony Bourdain whetted our appetites big time for Croatia last night with a gourmet spin through what he calls “The New Riviera” and a “world class destination. “ His travels took him to “Mullusk Alley” for outstanding mussels and oysters; hunting for white truffles with “Shotse,” his four-legged guide and fishing for fresh tuna (not the kind
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