Author Archives: Stefan Lomas

Rachel and I left Cavtat today on a damp dark morning on the 18th November. A taxi that our fantastic hosts had arranged for us (thank you Anita & Asja) picked us up at 05:45 and we raced to Dubrovnik airport, ultimately bound for Las Palmas. After 7 weeks in Croatia, the time had comeContinue reading “Leaving Cavtat.”

We spent most of last week in at the “deep-end”. The last time I experienced wind & rain like this, I’d just arrived to take up residence in the Caribbean, with the promise of clear skies and glorious sunshine, only to be greeted with the same wet weather, for a whole month straight…Oh well! FortunatelyContinue reading “Rain, rain, sun & then more rain”

The weeks seem to be flying by, but I am pleased to say that it’s been a week filled with highs! I did some tests earlier in the week that came back clean, which is great. The weather has been beautiful during the day, making the early morning walk around the peninsular, use of theContinue reading “A fine evening with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra & a chilled weekend”

Our youngests and blondest Christien arrived with his best friend Brad, for a 5-day visit, which was really nice! They’re not really beach bums, so they mixed things up. We had a couple of days in Dubrovnik, well we did the days with them and they did the nights! They walked the walls, as gettingContinue reading “Guests in town, great views & long walks.”

I thought that I’d l give a little bit more of an insight into Cavtat (pronounced “Tsavtat”), where we have now decided to extended our stay to around the 20th November. The village, well more specifically for us the harbour, is crescent shaped and bordered by the Adriatic on either side. It houses some beautifulContinue reading “In and around Cavtat”

Rachel and I are both partial to live music, so whilst we were in Dubrovnik over the weekend we discovered a 15th century church that had leant itself to a classical recital. Arriving on Monday evening, with tickets in hand, we ventured inside this magical building and were greeted with an intimate (28 people) setting,Continue reading “A classical treat!”

We’re still in this weather depression thing, but we weren’t going to let it dampen our spirits and decided to take a water taxi into Dubrovnik, it’s the best way to enter the old city. It was a pretty choppy 40 minute crossing, but I managed to take a few snaps on the way over.Continue reading “Dubrovnik lunch and walk about.”

We had our first storm roll in last night, with some incredible lightning which illuminated the bay, it really was quite beautiful! It rained solidly through the night and hasn’t abated all day. We amused ourselves with some light reading and a little Netflix. I did get bored about 3pm and decided go for aContinue reading “Wet Play!”

After taking a stroll into town to pick up the catch of the day, we decided to grab a couple bikes to take a look around at the ocean facing side of the island and after a few wrong turns we found a path that took us leisurely around the bay. Most of the beechesContinue reading “Took a couple of bikes out.”

I got up just before 6:00am, to one of the many faces of the bay & within the space of an hour, or so, you can see the sun starting to make its way across the left side of the bay. I took a stroll downtown to get some fresh fruit and veg from theContinue reading “Monday 4th”