After writing Friday’s Post: Stop Hovering and Just Sit Down, I woke up early on Sunday morning and took my yoga mat down to the water, determined to spend an hour without my phone or my iPod. I thought about bringing you with me, but then I remembered another post I wrote almost a year ago with the same message…so let’s pack our bags and head to Rovinj, Croatia…

The autumn chill in the Rovinj air floats through the open window of my room and carries with it the sounds of a town waking up. A wheelbarrow, heavy with produce and bound for the market creaks past as its handler calls out what I can only imagine is a good morning greeting to a woman sticking her head out from one of the doorways. My feet become blocks of ice as I lean out of my second story window in an attempt to gauge the weather. With the sun still too low on the horizon to see, I make the decision to dig to the bottom of my suitcase and pull out my jeans. (more…)