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The Adventures of D

  • Sun, sand and the best bar ever
    February 10, 2010, 14 Comments

    I love Saturdays. Except when the Saturday is my last day in Croatia. Then, I despise it. Chopper and I had a grand plan for my last full day of [...]

  • Dubrovnik stairs
    The City of Stairs
    February 5, 2010, 10 Comments

    I looked up at the stairs that seemed to rise to the sky. Panting. We had made it up the first few sets of stairs, me trying to balance the very unsteady bag I had on my back. I had specifically taken this piece of luggage for my trip beca ...

  • Hvar
    It’s not “goodbye,” it’s “see you soon”
    January 31, 2010, 13 Comments

    I didn't want to continue to Dubrovnik. In the short time I had been with these people, they had become like a family. I know I've said it before, but you really do make friends fast and furious when you travel, and these girls were no exce ...

  • A BRIEF intermission: I quit
    January 19, 2010, 30 Comments

    For months, since laying on the beach in Croatia, I have dreamt of quitting my job. Of fulfilling my dreams of traveling and documenting my experiences. Now, it is O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L. I [...]

  • Sea Urchin
    There’s WHAT in the water?!?
    January 18, 2010, 10 Comments

    Even though the Sea Urchin were stationery, I hated them. Once we docked the boat and headed to our beach (which was almost as small as the boat, but sandy), I carefully surveyed the water. Just a patch of seaweed a few feet out ... I'd ha ...

  • Sunrise over Ireland
    A BRIEF intermission: My 30 Life Crisis … solved?
    January 12, 2010, 44 Comments

    Since my return from Croatia, I have teetered between sanity and tears (bless you, Mom and Dad and my inner-circle of amazing friends), a career change and a life change. After months of research, weighing my options and learning from my tr ...

  • Hula Hula Beach Bar
    Booze, boobs and a beach bar
    January 9, 2010, 10 Comments

    At the dock, about 15 woman, most of them older, stood crowded around the boat ramp, awaiting the boat's passengers to disembark so they could descend on them. They all clutched laminated one-sheets boasting color photos of their sobes. As ...

  • Hvar Town's main square
    Rocky, rocky, pebble-y, pebble-y
    December 25, 2009, 10 Comments

    I left my bag at the chair -- it felt perfectly safe to do so and my passport and important documents and valuables were locked safely away back at Green Lizard -- and got into the water. It was chilly. Not as chilly as the night before wh ...

  • Birthday suits and Split
    December 13, 2009, 3 Comments

    I had made it my goal to go outside of my comfort zone, and this certainly did just that. So, I did what any slightly intoxicated traveler in a foreign land would do -- hastily removed all of my clothes, threw them on the sidewalk next to ...

  • Dancing in Afife
    Goal: Nudie beach
    December 5, 2009, No comments

    The night I lay in bed in Zadar, I scanned the pages of my Lonely Planet book and read about a few beaches that welcomed the naked traveler. I starred, circled, wrote down those names and made a silent vow to take my clothes off and dive in ...