I have little to say of the past days. It is not that I did not enjoy myself but the occurences do not inspire any great prose in their honor. Monday evening I arrived to the island of Hvar aboard a ferry. I stayed on the island until Wednesday morning. The island is certainly worth a visit and the city of Hvar itself is a worthwhile place to explore and to ponder. I stated earlier on that there is not the same enjoyment of cities when you visit them alone. Cities I believe are places where one needs companions for you are more keenly aware of your aloneness when surrounded by the life of a city. Wednesday afternoon I made my way here to Dubrovnik, another wondrous city. The old town is surrounded by high walls and the interior consists of sloped narrow stone streets. It is unlike any that I had yet visited and certainly worthy of its famed beauty in terms of its construction and the historical aspect that it breathes. There is something wondrous at the thought of being surrounded by hundreds of years of history. It leads one to imagine the lives of those that lived within the boundaries of the place. What a thing to realize that what I am seeing with my eyes is the same or close to what others saw and experienced in a completely different age. I have put up a new gallery of pictures to Lovable Quirks from these last days. I haven't mentioned this also but I head toward Greece tomorrow and will be meeting up with Wiesieck and some of the kids in the middle of next week. We will travel together for about three weeks exploring there. I must travel through Montenegro and Albania to get to Greece so doubt I will be able to post for a few. Despite the claims I have no choice but to travel through those countries to get there in a reasonable time.