one year ago today...

 My parents, greger and I (with a 6 month fetal ebba) left slovakia to fly to Split, Croatia to meet up with greger's parents, ola, henrik and tina (with a 7 month fetal henning) to have 7 days of the most relaxing and memorable trip we have ever taken.
 
 We took a ferry to the island of Hvar, and then drove on narrow roads to a small little town called Ivan Dolac
 This was our villa just a block away from the mediterranean (at roughly $300/couple for the entire week!!!)
 Hvar is the island of lavender, sage, rosemary and wine...imagine having those scents fill the air from the time you go to bed, until you wake up
 
 
 Croatia has some UNESCO sites dating back to the 7th century
 
 
 Sometimes we would cook dinner in the villa or go out to visit the many restaurants in nearby towns. This was one of our favorites, right on the water and in our town
 
 From around 9am until 5pm we would soak up the sun on our rocky beach, dipping in and out of the water when our bodies needed a drink or laying on tubes and rafts, floating along the water's edge and drifting off to sleep
 
 We watched lots of world cup soccer (it was a rough night when sweden lost to germany)
 It was midsommar when we were there, so lise and po cooked a traditional meal for us to celebrate.

...and what a perfect time and place to celebrate the summer.