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The Homeostacies: Paklenica National Park, Croatia
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Paklenica National Park, Croatia. We spent Father's Day 2015 (June 21) hiking in Paklenica National park just outside of Starigrad, Croatia. It was a climber's paradise and also had plenty of hiking with gorgeous views. Ella was, as always, an incredible hiker and Ivan did well on his first big hike. She was also content and somewhat bribed to stay in the backpack with Meelamo (Nemo). She had to carry that little guy around everywhere. After our hike, we went and soaked our toes...
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The Homeostacies: Pula and Fazana
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Monday, August 10, 2015. On June 25 we woke up in Fazana, after having traveled most of the day on the 24th. We planned to go to the beach, but after getting there and seeing how the kids responded to the cold water, we gave up and decided to go into Pula instead. It ended up being a great change and we all enjoyed our day visiting the ancient ruins of a city that has been around for a long, long time. Emily: Everybody say, "Pula! On our way back to walked through some tunnels built during WWI. They ...
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The Homeostacies: Just Lviv It Part 2
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. Just Lviv It Part 2. If one were to compile a list of history's most prominent Leopolitans (Leopolitan is actually the true demonym for somebody from Lviv, although I have also seen Lvivians used), a name that will surely make the list—for better or for worse—is Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. One fact will give you a fairly good hunch about the man: the term masochism. Is derived from his writings and his personal character. He was the 50 Shades of Grey. Aaron and Julie Varney. Picture...
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The Homeostacies: Zadar, Croatia
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. On June 23 we headed into Zadar, Croatia. It was a short drive from Starigrad and after the main headache of finding parking, we found a charming ancient city full of Roman ruins. Here's Emily in all her preggo glory at 19 weeks. Still didn't know the gender at this point. All three kids had a ball climbing, jumping and running all around the ruins. It was interesting to see them just pop out of the modern city with no monitoring or signs to stay off. August 9, 2015 at 4:46 PM.
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The Homeostacies: Plitvice National Park
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Our second full day in Croatia we drove about an hour and a half away to Plitvice National Park. It is home to beautiful, naturally tiered waterfalls. There are walkways, boardwalks and trails all the way around the lakes and we had fun pointing out all the Nemo fish to Tessa, riding on a boat and hiking our legs off again. Doesn't Ella look adorable in pig tails? Halfway through the hike we stopped at some lovely waterfalls and had our lunch. The best views came from up above th...
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The Homeostacies: Premantura, Croatia - Beach Day!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Premantura, Croatia - Beach Day! We made June 26 our all day beach day. After the fail along Fazana's beaches, we decided to drive about 45 minutes south to some beaches, in Croatia's Premantura peninsula, that our hosts recommended. We are sure glad that we did. We all had a blast! Ivan was so happy that the weather was hot because he could lay out in the sun after getting cold in the water. Oh Tessa. What do we say about our smiley, happy, loving toddler? Ivan grew more confid...
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The Homeostacies: Just Lviv It Part 3
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Just Lviv It Part 3. The food was perhaps the best we had anywhere in the city. The meat was cooked quite well over a wood fire grill with roasted vegetables and fragrant soups. I tried a drink called kvas, which is a nonalcoholic fermented rye bread drink with a very pungent odor. It reminds me of the rotten scent of beer but without the sharp smell of alcohol. Pictured above is the group of us at The House of Legends. In Ukrainian, the name is written Dim Legend. During our me...