by Kristina | Oct 9, 2013 | Action Figure Mascot, Climbing, Travel
While climbing in Rovinj, we met a couple from Austria who had been climbing in the region for a few weeks. The guy was smoking (not smoking hot, smoking a cigarette you saucy minx [although, yes, I must admit he was rather attractive, minus the whole smoking thing])...
by Kristina | Oct 8, 2013 | Climbing, Travel
After a half-day in Zagreb and sleeping for 12 solid hours, I was ready to CLIMB! We loaded up the cars (the available vehicles were these tiny little Chevy Sparks, so we needed to get two just to fit all of our luggage), and set out for Rovinj (pronounced Ro-Vin, the...
by Kristina | Oct 7, 2013 | Action Figure Mascot, Travel
Croatia has been on my bucket list for many, many years. Seriously, just Google Croatia and select “images” and you will see why. No, you don’t want to? Fine, click this link and BAM! Croatia!Crotian Airlines – no not the flight that...
by Kristina | Dec 7, 2012 | Action Figure Mascot, Climbing, Travel
In climbing, the first person to set a route gets to name it. The names of routes can tell you almost as much about the area as about the climb. In some cases, they are related. “Blocky Bimbo” for example could be used as the name for a juggy, blocky...
by Kristina | Jun 8, 2012 | Action Figure Mascot, Life, Travel
I started my birthday month off with a BANG traveling down to San Diego to run a half-marathon with some members of The Group. We stayed with our running Mo-Pho friend Lee and his lovely family. I’ve got lots and lots of pics to share, but for now, I’ll...
by Kristina | Mar 26, 2012 | Life, Travel
It dawned on me that I have never blogged about one of my major modes of travel: Layla! My 2002 Jetta!Layla and I have been together for 7 years now, we met back in September 2006. Sure, she had some baggage, about 44,000 miles, but hey, who doesn’t have baggage...