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Another Must-See: Croatia, Croatia, Croatia

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Almost five years ago, in the Fall of 2003, I spent a few weeks in Dubrovnik, Croatia, as well as along the Dalmation Coastline just above that city.  What a very special place that whole Riviera is!  I’ll share glimpses of it here by quoting from an article I submitted to the Aspen Times newspaper.  I had lived for several years in Aspen, Colorado, and even though the two cities are very different, I kept seeing comparisons.  I will just give you a few excerpts of a much longer article:

“It’s a long, long way from the last day of Snowmass Mountain’s ski season to the final days of summer in Dubrovnik, Croatia, but here I am, living a very affordable high life.  I have just arrived and comparisons with Aspen flood my mind at every turn.  Nine years in Aspen; only a few days here, but already I’m wishing that I could find some way to stay.

Both towns are embraced by imposing mountains.  Here, there’s a long and high mountain called Srd (Surge) running behind the town, and, where Aspen has Ajax Mountain on the other side, Dubrovnik has the sea. 

Oh what a sea it is!  So clean and clear and, instead of snow skiing, it offers every sort of water sport: water skiing, windsurfing, yachting, fishing, scuba diving and swimming.  We here in Dubrovnik watch this green water all the time as it changes constantly, just like the face of Ajax does with wind, sun, and the time of day.

Here, the Old Town dates back considerably longer than Aspen’s silver mining days, having been occupied since the 7th Century. History hung around visibly here and is still felt as a living, breathing entity.  These marble streets gleam and shine as if they have just been given a gloss of wax and they look like bright water in the lights of the night.”

(For more about this enchanted spot, please visit my blogsite at heyboomers.com)

“If there were more Dubrovniks in the world, only one of them would be the right one; this is the authentic only Dubrovnik of stones and light.  This open palm under the stars, extended to the world.”  Jure Kastelan.