The patron saint of Dubrovnik. On Sunday we went to the church dedicated to him in the old town and it was a very pleasant experience, even though we couldn’t understand everything. The rhythms of spoken Croat, however, are very similar to Polish, so we could follow all that was going on very easily. The […]Read Post ›
Some photos from Dubrovnik yesterday and today. Morning glory and oleander.
This is my first time in Dubrovnik, but not my first connection with it. Many years ago, when I had just finished university, I had a boyfriend who was a disaster in many ways. But it took me a long time to see it, but that’s another story. He was an amateur archaeologist and I […]Read Post ›
A great little book -humour, philosophy, romance, food. What more can you want in a novel?It just reminded me of a holiday we had in France many years ago, in 1989 in fact, when en route to the south we stayed one night in a Campanile in Vendome. There was no restaurant, so we asked […]Read Post ›
For C E I went to Waitrose today to do a big shop. Big deal, you may think, but somehow it was for me. Usually I get things delivered if they’re heavy or I go with my husband. But today I went in my own. What an adventure. I could take my time, go up […]Read Post ›
Yesterday this lovely man, my father-in-law would have been 100 years old. He actually died almost a quarter of a century ago, though he did live to see in this millennium. I haven’t ever written a lot about him, but today I thought I would make up a little for lost time. I first met […]Read Post ›
Life Through Basia's Eyes 