Day 69 Dubrovnik

Tuesday February 12th.

I get up at 8:30am – everyone else is still asleep.

I check email and do some blogging. I also start my new novel – War and Peace by Count Leo Tolstoy.

Not sure how I have never read this novel – I guess there are many classics that I have missed. Regardless – the forward by Pat Conrad makes we salivate at the thought of reading this work. It takes a few minutes before the novel grabs me and I am struggling as usual remembering the names of the characters – it is especially complex with the Russian Patronymics, formal and informal names of the characters but I am hooked. I have a hard time putting the book away and it is an instant addition to my day pack or jacket pocket and each time I heft t I am happy at its bulk. I have the feeling that I do not want this book to ever end – and right now given the 3.5 inches of processed thin trees behind my bookmark it seems like it never will.

It is a beautiful day and I am excited with our new plan and the relief of schedule stress.

It's now 10:15 I think I will make some coffee and wake the girls. We have some wash to hang out and things to see.

I really need a hair cut – but since I have gone this long maybe I will just wait until we return.

There has been no news on the house – I imagine we will have to deal with that on our return – although out electricity bill was 600 dollars – wow – perhaps running the fans to dry out the house? Maybe we can submit it to the insurance company. Our propane bill was also astronomical – nearly 800 dollars.

We go for a walk around the old city – it is a beautiful walled town – it is so intriguing to see people living their lives in apartments within the city walls that are hundreds of years old.

Girls go see The Feast of Love while I stay in the room and work.


 


 

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