Travels with Tricia

Category: Travelogues

  • Foraging for Wild Asparagus in Croatia’s Dalmatian Countryside

    When spring returns to Croatia, residents do what they’ve done for centuries: take to the fields and forests in search of wild asparagus, known in Croatian as šparoga. The asparagus-hunting season has just begun here in central Dalmatia, and last weekend, we were lucky enough to be invited by Croatian friends to go foraging for…

  • Sailing the Adriatic: A Day Trip from Trogir, Croatia

    As our new friend’s sailboat, Jonathan III, powered itself away from the marina, I watched as the city of Trogir faded off into the distance, blending in with the sparkling blue horizon of the Adriatic. With each second, the 2,300 year-old town looked more and more like a tiny, medieval Lego land.

  • The city of Trogir, Croatia is seen from afar, via a walking path that is surrounded by greenery. You can see mountains in the distance, as well as the Adriatic Sea.

    A Walking Tour of Trogir, Croatia

    Trogir was our Croatian home away from home for two memorable months. This picturesque old town has a fascinating history that goes back more than 2,300 years — in fact, it’s actually situated on an island! During our first weeks in Trogir, we preferred to soak up the town’s details bit by bit, leaving much…

  • Red-toned wine barrels sit outdoors at a Napa Valley winery.

    A Long Weekend in California Wine Country: Getting a Taste for Napa and Sonoma Wines (Part 2)

    Note: This is part two of the series, Long Weekend in California Wine Country. Click the image for part one. 

  • Germany’s Sommertagszug Tradition: Greeting Spring & Bidding Farewell to Winter

    In parts of Germany three weeks before Easter, it’s customary to celebrate spring’s return with a summer procession, or Sommertagszug. Believed to have pagan origins, the fest celebrates spring’s return and winter’s banishing. Children take to the streets with sticks adorned with colorful, ruffled ribbons, topped with pretzels and eggs. In Heidelberg, they walk along…

  • The Blue Skies of Trogir, Croatia

    We’ve hit a bit of a wet patch of weather this week in Trogir, with rain dancing down onto the rooftops by day and by night. It’s the kind of weather that finds us making our own sunshine. Though I’m longing to explore more of this charming town on the Adriatic, as well as more of…