CHAPTER #3 … OF MANY
Croatian Adventure — Lopud Island
A few hundred inhabitants, 1.8 square miles, zero cars, 2 happy wanderers
We hiked to a 9th century fortress just after breakfast. I can honestly say that’s a first, for both of us.
We imagined scuffing at the soil and unearthing a sword or a hoard of coins, but that did not happen. There’s always tomorrow. This place is only a moderate 30-minute pant up the hill from our apartment.
My girlfriend Qin M and I are on the Croatian island of Lopud, the so-called middle one of the three main Elaphiti Islands, about 50 minutes by ferry from the romantic city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia.
After letting the jet lag wear off in Dubrovnik, and exploring that remarkable city for six days, we booked a one-week stay on Lopud.
We’re still early in our Croatian explorations, a sojourn that began October 26th when we flew out of Los Angeles, and will conclude in January when we return, briefly, to California to welcome the arrival of my first grandchild.
