I thought I would post a handful of photos from our recent trip to Europe. I'll post one photo from each place that is my favourite photo both for how it looks but also the memories it evokes and the story behind it.
This is, I think (there's a few to choose from), my favourite photo from our time in Croatia. We were staying on the island of KorĨula for 5 days and had the most amazing weather. The sun shone for 4 of those days, it was warm but not too hot, with blue skies. The evenings were balmy and involved eating lots of food and drinking the local wine called grk.
This photo was taken on the day we hired a little boat and set out to explore the smaller islands in the bay. We arrived at the island of Sutvara first, which had a gorgeous little bay of small white pebbles, smooth faced rocks to one side, and looking out into the bay and ont Mount Ilija.
We had a delicious picnic when we arrived of breads and cheeses and fruit and biscuits. We walked into the water, which required those little 'rock hopper' booties as the pebbles are hard to walk on, and immersed ourselves in the cool water. To be fair, the water was a little cool as it was the end of summer so had started to cool down, but it was so refreshing. The thing about the water in Croatia is how crystal clear it is, and also how quickly it gets deep. We were out of our depth by the time we got behind the boat, yet you could see the bottom as clearly as if it was 2 foot deep.
After our swim I lay on the smooth rocks to get some much-needed sun after our long winter, then we re-boarded the boat to see some other islands including the restored monastery on the island of Badija and the quarry on Vrnik, where we had another swim in the cool blue ocean.
It was an amazing day, and every time I look at this photo it takes me straight back to the warm sun, the cool clear water, and the sense of calm and peace and esxcitement I felt that day. I thoroughly recommend it!
Monday, October 18, 2010
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