The luxury of blue skies, 24+ degree weather, eating seafood, people-watching and lounging around on rocks next to the ocean in nothing less than a 2-piece is something to look forward to on a weekend trip. Europe offers so many options for escaping reality and on this occasion we were headed for Dubrovnik, Croatia. London by contrast has been fogged up to its eyeballs - so much that it has been impossible to distinguish Tower Bridge from the Tower of London as both were almost invisible when looking out from London Bridge. Winter is here and it is only October.