Old City Driving

When you close a street, you open a city

I’ll be writing a bunch of pieces inspired by our recent vacation in Croatia—this is the latest. After landing in Dubrovnik and spending a few days there, my wife and I rented a car and drove up to Split, about a two-hour drive, mostly along Croatia’s very nice freeway system.

We pulled off at a small town south of Split to try to look for somewhere to e…