Summer Holiday Pictorial

As my fond memories of the recently passed holiday are cruelly pushed aside by my return to the working world, I realize that it would have been better to write something about it immediately upon returning. But the truth is that I've been too busy. As it turns out, keeping a household going on your own is an incredible amount of work. Or perhaps I've just been keeping myself busy so I wouldn't be struck down by loneliness (Dinka and Veronika stayed on an additional two weeks and will return on Monday).

The vacation was terrific. At just over two weeks, it was still too short for my taste, especially with the travel days to and from Croatia. It was full enough that I did everything that I wanted to but not so full that I felt like it was work, a good balance. I enjoyed my time with family, ate without abandon, drank my fair share of various brandies and wines, walked through vineyard after vineyard, celebrated Veronika's second birthday, caught up on all the reading and movie-watching that my working life doesn't allow, and floated in the salty Adriatic, gazing up at the sky, until my head felt all swimmy. I only wish Dinka would have felt a little better so she could've enjoyed everything as much as I did, but from the emails I'm getting lately, it doesn't sound like she's having such a bad time. Veronika is having a blast, absorbing all the German she can and leading Baka and Deda around all day long. She liked the beach too but I think the whole experience was a bit overwhelming for her, because by the end of the week she was pretty cranky and exhausted.

Anyway, on top of all my other household chores, I took a lot more pictures than I had on previous trips and selecting, resizing and presenting them has been an arduous task. Since there are so many, I decided to organize them by subject, which I think works despite the loss of some chronological continuity. Enjoy.

Launch Summer Holiday '05

UPDATE: In case you're wondering where all the Veronika pictures are, they will be posted on her page, starting here.