A Tale of Two Redeyes

Last night began my two-day journey from San Francisco to Croatia. I learned that perhaps the only thing worse than a redeye is a redeye with a layover in Cincinnati. While I feel half human half zombie right now, at least I'm in DC - trying to get some work done – and tonight’s redeye I’ll be with Clete and wouldn’t care if we were only going back to Ohio. Fortunately, final destination is Dubrovnik, scheduled to arrive sometime tomorrow evening Croatia time. Along the way we have an 8-hour layover in Frankfurt (I insisted on using miles) and how to kill the time there has been a recent topic of conversation. On the docket list so far is watching a season of Downton Abbey (per Ali’s recommendation), co-authoring a book, and solving the Eurozone crisis… all while I dream up companies I want to start that give unlimited vacation time and enough money to buy direct flights that don’t involve two redeyes in a row.

Seriously though, I think it’s time to resurrect the travel blog since we don’t really want to be on email this trip but think that family (and some friends) will appreciate the updates. I should also have ample time to type as we are getting lost, running out of gas, and or breaking down somewhere in Bosnia.

I have to say thank you to Clete – I am SO lucky that he has done 95% of the legwork on the trip planning and everything sounds amazing. My only contribution thus far has been printing out a power point presentation of maps (so consulting) and securing a hotel with access to a water slide in Hvar (so Wisconsin). You, on the other hand are lucky that I will spare you the 5+ page itinerary and just give you the highlights. Dubrovnik for two days, rent a car and drive to Kotor (Montenegro), then up through Bosnia to Sarajevo stopping for white water rafting at a national park on the way, followed by Mostar (also Bosnia) and then ending with a few days on the Hvar island (Croatia) to relax. Feel free to subscribe or check back and we’ll try to keep you updated with the latest adventure!