Travel Blogging I

The DrsC are on the road again, writing metaphorically. Only the first and last 200 miles will be truly a "road trip." The next four legs will be air, followed by a cruise by small ship up the Adriatic coast visiting Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia. With any luck it should be beautiful in late spring.

I write this at SFO and believe it or not San Francisco has lovely weather today, sunshine and blue skies - this is ever so rare at this time of year, only common in autumn. Our original flight was cancelled but we are rebooked on a flight an hour later in better seats - not a bad outcome.

I have no idea how often Internet will be available during this trip, probably not often. Most of the countries of the former Yugoslavia are among the poorest in Europe.

Albania and nearby Bosnia are home to the only significant group of European Muslims. Their existence there is an artifact of the occupation of the region by the Ottoman Turks for several hundred years. I hope they don't decide a small ship full of affluent aged Americans looks like a soft target, which of course it truly is.