It was like I owned the world...!

.... you know that feeling when you feel so FREE ..... !










It was a fantastic day in January when I headed down the Adriatic coast to find a quiet retreat to focus on my writing! The sun was shining off the Adriatic water... nary a car on the highway with me - But on the way my car decided to go on its own retreat...coughed and stalled in Neum. So once it started again, I gambled that I would make it safely to Cavtat (instead of Orebic which required a long lonely stretch of road along the coast peninsula) The moment I stopped in Cavtat my car really took a vacation and enforced me to stay a few extra days in paradise....



I could have been on Vancouver Island...it was a surreal experience finding these trees in the Mediterranean...so much like the gnarled arbutus trees on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

























The coast mountains are not as high as the peaks we have in Canada or the Alps, for instance - but they are very dramatic and imposing in their dominance along the Adriatic coastline.




The town of Cavtat has 2000 inhabitants in the winter...






I was the only tourist wandering around the sea wall....
I passed a man quietly fixing the front step of his restaurant - others watching his progress or quietly going about their own business...no picture of course - that would be an intrusion.


















.... lazily serene, peaceful in this idyllic setting.












...the lighting of the Adriatic is, as always, interesting...






That be Dubrovnik over there - but it doesnt really matter when you are in Cavtat.




I hear that my car is now fixed (I eventually took a bus back to Mostar) and I can retrieve it for very a reasonable tourist price. But if it had not been for my very gracious hosts at the Vila Markoc, I might still be pushing my car along the highway. They helped me in every possible way. I highly recommend their pansion - its wonderfully clean, well equipped and has a stunning view overlooking the city. (the first picture is the one from my balcony!)

Ah me... I will return to Cilipi for my errant car sometime... maybe soon...