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"After the dragging 14 hours that it takes to fly in to Barcelona from San Francisco, with a connection through London, you're drained. The first thing that you probably want to do is have a deep, long sleep. But when you're visiting friends who have a top floor apartment in the heart of the Eixample, you realize that you'll have to sit a spell on the terrace before you're going to get anywhere near a bed."

"Fresh off our hibernation from the beach while in Slovenia, we headed back out to the coast of Croatia. This time, we focused on the region of Istria, that little triangle of a peninsula off the far west of Croatia. After the rather arduous task of finding a place to stay without a reservation in high season, we set about exploring some of the wines of the area, especially those along the Istrian Wine Route."