our three-week road trip to Croatia
How far would you go - and how long would it take you - to avoid flying and thoroughly embrace the idea of slow travel? In my case it was 3,167 miles over three weeks. For almost ten years I wanted to take a road trip to Croatia, and get as much out of the trip as the destination itself. Instead of bombing the highway for marathon stretches, the idea was to slow down and see new things.
It seemed like we'd barely rolled off Le Shuttle (the Eurotunnel name was changed again last spring) when my husband and I ...