my travel history: January 2014

Cal and I both loved Hvar, an island an hour or so from Split. From the ferry ride across the sapphire Adriatic Sea to dinners on the slanted, narrow cobblestone sidewalks, Hvar was my version of European perfection.

Favorite activities:
* Cycling along clear aquamarine shores around the island
* Our half-day sail (I would have loved to have visited Vis, but it was a full-day sail away)
* Hiking to the monastery at the highest point on Hvar
* Seafood pastas under the twinkly restaurant courtyard lights
* Gelato(s) while we watched sunsets from the dock
* Checking out the many yachts in the harbor (apparently Hvar is an island for the rich and famous)
* Enjoying the very loud, very drunk Croatian folksong singing on the ferry deck

We stayed at the Amfora Hvar Grand Beach Hotel. It was very reasonably priced, clean, nice views, but a 7-minute walk along cobblestones to the main part of the town.

Our arrival in Hvar