Category Archives: Art & Culture stuff

Colourboration – blue scapes

Posted on July 1, 2012 by EllieGee

I found this Colourboration  theme quite a tricky one and it took a few false starts before I was able to create something I was happy to share, only just making our deadline, but enjoying the challenge. Here in Croatia, … Continue reading →

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Let’s Split

Posted on June 25, 2012 by AdrianC

There’s one golden rule for this trip, it seems – every presumption and supposition you make will instantly be proven utterly wrong. And so it was when we got to Split’s campsite. All last summer, everybody had been friendly, but … Continue reading →

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Colourboration – going round in circles

Posted on June 16, 2012 by EllieGee

This time Lynne at Dovegreyreader and I decided on a circles theme for our ‘Colourboration’. I thought I’d be able to spot lots of circle patterns, but it was the individual circles that stood out while we were exploring the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Culture stuff, By Country - Croatia, By Country - Montenegro, Colourboration | 5 Comments

Oleander time on the Dalmatian Coast

Posted on June 6, 2012 by EllieGee

And so finally, only around seven months later than in our original vague plans, we have reached Croatia. As it was late afternoon when we crossed the border, we went straight to Molunat, only a few kilometres up the coast. … Continue reading →

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Colourboration – seeing red

Posted on May 26, 2012 by EllieGee

When Lynne suggested we start our Colourboration with looking at the colour red, I left the internet café after reading her email and all I could see was the ubiquitous red branding of the too familiar worldwide soft drink everywhere … Continue reading →

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Over the mountains – repeatedly

Posted on May 21, 2012 by AdrianC

From Bar, we headed over the mountains inland, back towards Lake Shkodra – or Lake Skadar, as it’s known this side of the border. It’s only a narrow strip of land between the lake and the coast, but it feels … Continue reading →

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A colourboration

Posted on May 20, 2012 by EllieGee

I’m thrilled to announce a collaboration with Lynne, or DoveGreyReader, a well known and highly respected book blogger. If you are interested in a wide range of reading – both fiction and non-fiction of all sorts, you mustn’t miss a … Continue reading →

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Crna Gora – or – The Black Mountain

Posted on May 19, 2012 by AdrianC

Montenegro. It’s the former Yugoslavian country that you’ve not heard of. All the others – Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia – roll off the tongue far more readily, even if it is only to be followed by the ubiquitous … Continue reading →

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Another chapter closes

Posted on May 16, 2012 by AdrianC

After our couple of days in the mountains near Theth, our appetites were whetted for a last taste of the Accursed Mountains. There’s another road on the map, north of the Theth road, which curls along the Montenegrin border towards … Continue reading →

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Nearing the north

Posted on May 13, 2012 by AdrianC

Kruja was the first bit of proper full-on tourist industry we’ve really come across in Albania. Apart from the nearby hotel which advertised camping (sauna and pool included – but migawd, you were paying for ’em!), we were guided into … Continue reading →

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