January 2025

Dear friends and family, As I sit here in bed, I can hear the church bells ringing loudly for a long time. It’s January 6th, which is a big holiday in Croatia. It is the Epiphany. In Croatia the women go to church to get holy water and bring it home for the men to […]

Dear friends and family, It was New Years Day in the morning. I was the only residence at the big hostel. I hadn’t slept very well as it seems every Croatian loves to set off fireworks all night the last night of the year.  I woke to fog and even a little smog with the