Most people in the United States can't name one city in Croatia, and among those who can, it is usually Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik is Croatia's most popular tourist city, and a few months ago CNN hailed Dubrovnik as the new hotspot for U.S celebrities. Visitors have included Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kevin Spacey [...]

Last Sunday we visited Vranjaca Cave with our friends Milda and Mario. It is just a 30 minute drive and 15 miles from Split, but thank goodness Mario was driving because Jay and I would have gotten very lost, and I don't think a GPS would've helped. We drove inland from Split and made so many turns that I lost all sense of direction. We passed through the town of Dugopolje, which is a [...]

I have never been a big fan of road trips or going on drives just for the sake of looking out the window. I have always wanted to get where I was going - where I'd do something fun and active. Jay's parents enjoy them, my parents enjoy them, and my mom used to take my Granny on drives, so I figured it was just an [...]

Two weekends ago we joined a group of nine other expats (from Canada, Mexico, France, Russia, South Africa, United States, and Croatia) and headed out of Split for a horseback riding excursion. We drove 45 minutes to what felt like the middle of nowhere in the hills behind Split to a horse farm with over 70 horses. Ivica, the owner, and several other farm hands were there to greet us. [...]

A light rain fell on and off all weekend, and some weekends we would've just hibernated, but last weekend we were out and about every day. We definitely didn't let the rain dampen our New Year's weekend. Luckily it was never a hard blowing rain, so an umbrella kept us dry for the most part. [...]

Wednesday, November 25: For me, the snorkeling is the best thing about Sharm El Sheikh and Naama Bay. Hundreds of colorful fish swam around us yet somehow none of them ever touched us. Only one other time in my life (in the Caribbean) have I swam with so many different and colorful fish. Most places you need to take a boat to arrive at great snorkeling, but there was a reef only about 50 yards [...]