On Saturday we took a daytrip to Marko Polo’s birth town, Korcula.  We went through Korcula on a ferry in 1997 and have wanted to explore it ever since.  Korcula is a very small walled city of gothic construction with renaissance flourishes, built on a rocky spit of land at the end of an island.  The spit is less than 1000 feet across.  The town is laid out to take advantage of the prevailing winds.  The summer “maistral” winds come from the west and the streets climbing from the west wall to the centerline are strait to allow the wind … Continue reading Korcula, Croatia