bits & pieces of my travels
Wild Ireland, here I am again, surrounded by green-sea-cliff-cows. I have done this trip before, the same day flight, the same car rental, the same winding road drive; now I am back for another day with my mother and brother. Busy, planning, driving, showing, hardly touching my camera, sharing this place I love with [...]
Paris; silent streets at dusk, slowly falling rain. Grey slanted rooftops, balconies and chimneys winding, reaching, stretching into the air. White, grey, beige. Tiny stairwells, tiny rooms, tiny windows. So much in such small spaces, a perfect implosion. It all sparkles, just like they say. Musical, the chatter in French of the walkers, of [...]
A return to Kotor. Glorious, to find it intact, just as I had remembered it. To see the light reflect on the bay water again and know for certain I had never imagined it; it is real. And now, I have other people with me to bear witness to this magic and to see [...]
White, walled city. Orange roofs, overflows of people. Cobblestone streets and cruise ship crowds. No space. No room to wander. Too many people, until the rain drives most away. Empty, silent, grand. A glimpse of what it once was. To be honest, the crowds in Dubrovnik were a bit overwhelming, especially when compared to [...]
All of Korčula Island smells of orange trees and tastes divine. Fresh air, blue sky, blue sea. Bright. Empty roads and empty shingle beaches. Sweet bitter wine, sun on the terrace. Wild. Hair, uncontrolled, in the wind. ___ Day 4, Shoulder Season Balkans Road Trip We crossed the border easily into Croatia, back into [...]
Mostar; slow hum of a call to prayer. Slippery stone steps, smiling faces, eager to share stories. Streets, destroyed by war, rebuilt so soon. The same streets are busy, crowded, but everyone is happy to have the people here. It wasn’t this busy before the war, someone says. The war was less than thirty [...]
