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Croatia diary: My family’s visit

Posted on May 26, 2010 at 10:55pm Madrid / 4:55pm Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

Our move to Croatia was hardly a precisely calculated plan. Jay and I carefully decided to move abroad, but the fact that we ended up in Split, Croatia was more a combination of random coincidences and blind luck. Croatia is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, so I feel very lucky that I ended up living here and I always wish I could share the experience with more of the people I love. [...]

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Weekend Away in Berlin, Germany

Posted on May 13, 2010 at 10:23pm Madrid / 4:23pm Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

We were all ready to board the plane to Berlin, but we had to sit in Split's airport for an extra three hours while a mechanic inspected our plane to insure that the smoke momentarily seen coming from the brakes was nothing to cause alarm. I was too antsy and impatient to pass the time reading. I just wanted to get to Berlin. I paced around, bugged Jay (he was trying to read Sherlock Holmes [...]

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