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Yesterday, Danka and I went to the beach for a couple of hours -- Wanyan is the best beach on the island. And while she sunbathed (and seemed to be quite a sight for some German tourists), I read Steinbeck. Then I harvested some (local) spinach and some banana shoots ( Read more... )

Today was perfect sunny weather. Danka and I bought a tour ticket to the southernmost large island in Croatia, which holds a national park surrounding two saltwater lakes. We caught a boat across one of them to a 12th-century monastery on an island in a lake on an island in the sea. Then a picnic in the wind and rocks, but I got a few swimming ( Read more... )

And it's official for the Slovak and Czech Republics, Hungary, Poland, Malta and Slovenia. They are in the European Union and I still can't believe I'm missing the parties.

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Architecture, gray skies, light cold rain, the landscape architectural sculpture of the reclining woman bathing in the pond at Stromovka Park. I would post a picture, but I broke my digital camera and pretty much was hating life by that time . . . Big international travel fair. A reprise of mine and Danka's second date 3 years ago. Talked to ( Read more... )

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