Octopus, oysters and creatures of the briny Adriatic
An octopus is pulled from the sea. See it wiggle on the video. Shipmate Dave Legge helps open oysters so we can taste them. Fish in Croatia are served with their heads...
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Figs to pomegranates, olives to oskorusa ripen in Croatia’s sun
The figs weren’t quite ripe but we passed plenty of them during our hikes on Croatia’s islands. Mediterranean fruits and vegetables were commonly encountered during our harvest season voyage among the Adriatic...
Life’s a Beach Vol. 3
They have a sense of humor at Alligator Alley. Wesley Moore has more than 200 American alligators at his refuge in the Alabama Gulf Coast. Visitors can hold a young gator (they...
Life’s a Beach Vol. 2
I love photographing glass blowers. It’s difficult to make someone look cool when they’re painting or sculpting because the physical process tends to be subtle. But glass blowers, they’re kinetic. They wield...
Life’s a Beach Vol. 1
Once again, Janet Podolak has graciously allowed staff writer Jason Lea to borrow her blog while he visits the Alabama portion of the Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast oil spill was a...
Sunny Hvar for lace, jetsetters, lavender
The 100-foot Romanca, a wooden sailing ship, was our home during our Adriatic voyage among Croatia’s pristine islands. We head for Hvar , sunniest place in Croatia, aboard the ship’s dinghy This...
James A Garfield ‘s connection with Poe
James A. Garfield enjoyed reading Edgar Allan Poe’s poems and stories and the Memorial Library at his Lawnfield in Mentor has several of Poe’s works, along with books by Dickens and other...
Adriatic’s Blue Grotto on Bisevo
Here’s the harbor at Vis town, the main village on Vis. Sunset on the Adriatic is sublime Vis (#4) was an overnight cruise from Korcula. Click here for video of the Blue...
Lavanderman, sipping grappa, hearing Hektorovic
Lavanderman is a Croatian superhero who enjoys the pleasures of life. We were welcomed to this tiny bar/restaurant with tastes of grappa in a dozen flavors Lavender is sold everywhere on Hvar...
Disembarking to hike from Orebic to a seaman’s church
Anchovies wrapped around olives, top, were an appetizer our first night aboard the Romanca. It .gave us all a clue about the great food we’d be served here in Croatia. We pass...
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