Tag Archives: Montenegro

To Slow Down, Change Locations

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

He wanted to slow life up and he quite rightly felt that by traveling he would make time move with less rapidity. You have this noticed yourself, I expect, on a holiday. If you stay in one place, the holiday … Continue reading →

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Saturday-Ja-Vu: How To Kill Time

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

Some days feel more land-locked than others. I was reminded of Croatian bus drivers and border crossings today, though I haven’t spotted either one. And children and adults staying entertained while idling. Shall we flashback to a particularly entertaining wait? … Continue reading →

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How Little I Know

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

He looked at the snail. Can it see me? He wondered. Then he felt, how little I know, and how little it is possible to know; and with this thought he experienced a moment of joy. –Iris Murdoch. Flight from … Continue reading →

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Neighborly

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

The eleven year old girl on the bus moves over to sit in front of her mother. This way she is now in the row across the aisle from me, so we can see each other. She gives me a … Continue reading →

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To Pass the Time

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Among the many reasons I like Croatian bus drivers is that they will carry on conversations with you knowing full well you don’t speak the language.  A test of your sense of humor, perhaps. A display of their own. A … Continue reading →

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A Sentimental Sunset in Montenegro

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

In his saner moments he would have been ashamed to respond so strongly to the familiar, banal and utterly meaningless colours of the sky. But as the sun went down behind a mountain, he suddenly clambered impulsively onto a rock, … Continue reading →

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Packs of Blondes

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Granted, it was a small sample, but from the Turkish TV dramas I’d  watched in passive attempts to learn the language, all of the blonde women were evil. Friends in Istanbul called me Caroline, which I interpreted as a sort … Continue reading →

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A Traveler’s Wish

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

After this, I want silence, time to wonder, to think & to feel, to look at different cities & speak different tongues, & become wonderfully anonymous & lonely. -From Iris Murdoch’s Letters. The Writer at War.

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Shoulder to Shoulder

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

On the winding road down the Croatian coast, a couple gazed toward the turquoise sea one usually only glimpsed in movies. She sighed, ”We’re driving in the clouds.” But he grumbled: “It’s just high fog, you know.” She sighed again. … Continue reading →

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The Photog’s Fury

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

The bus began its journey thanks to several male passengers who got out to push the slow rolling mass out of its parking stall. After that, things went fairly smoothly. The drive around the Bay of Kotor is a wonder: … Continue reading →

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