by RobertTownsend | Nov 15, 2022 | Deception
La Coutine near Villars-Villenote My part of Burgundy (Côte-d’Or) is a landscape of ‘manicured’ rolling hills. The French farmers are meticulous, the crop rows straight ( three harvests a season), the hillsides dotted with white...
by RobertTownsend | Apr 13, 2014 | Croatia
Departing Istria, 14 April 2014 We are leaving the Istria Peninsula this week-end after a six-month stay. On the apartment floor is a mailing box, Hrvatska posta, Extra Large. We over-packed and are mailing things back to America before we leave for Germany. Patrice...
by RobertTownsend | Mar 27, 2014 | Croatia, Germany
So this redneck and Central European Jew get married… Patrice and I will spend the spring, summer and fall in Germany. We will require a long-term visa. Patrice anticipates the outcome darkly; I optimistically. European Union visa rules interpret...
by RobertTownsend | Jan 31, 2014 | Croatia, Deception, Soviet Union
Bihac, Bosnia-Herzogovina Last week Patrice and I went to Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina for our ninth wedding anniversary. Driving from Bihac to Velika Kladusia (border town between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina) one encounters roadside memorials commemorating WWII...
by RobertTownsend | Jan 5, 2014 | Croatia
Rovinj, December 2013 Days this side of the Adriatic tend to be cool, but sun-drenched. I understand that Venice, directly west across the sea, is cloud-covered and rainy Nov-April. Adriatic storms flood Rovinj’s main square now and then, but for the most...