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Remember back when turning 40 was about being over the hill? Back when I was a kid, I remember that 40th birthday parties were about those black OVER THE HILL balloons, and joke “you’re old now” gifts like canes with a blowhorn attached to them.
That seems to have been phased out with the Boomer generation, because I can’t remember the last time I saw those balloons anywhere.
Nowadays, turning 40 is about being better than ever, at the top of your game, with even more exciting days ahead. And the celebrations I’ve seen my peers doing have been reflective of that mindset.
This month I turned 40. And it was better than I ever imagined.
Destinations Visited
- Korčula, Croatia
- Prague, Mikulov, Nový Přerov, and Pasohlávky, Czech Republic
Highlights
The best 40th birthday I ever could have asked for. When we last left off, we were halfway through my birthday trip to Korčula with eight of my friends.
On the first, we took everyone on a wine tour of the island with our friend Lea, which I’ve written about in my Korčula guide.
Half of us got on bikes, half of us hopped in a golf cart, and we rode down to Lumbarda to go wine tasting at Bire Winery! And we picked up an actual crate of Grk, my favorite white wine in the world.
This wine varietal is so hard to find (and so expensive everywhere outside Korčula) so it felt SO indulgent to actually buy a crate of it directly from the winery for the lowest price you’ll ever find!
We finished the evening with a Moreška sword dance performance.
The next day was my actual birthday, and we had an all-day boat trip! What a way to spend the day!! We snorkeled a shipwreck, visited tiny islands and coves, had a nice lunch, drank a ton of Grk, did jumps off the boat.
We finished the day with a peka (a Croatian specialty where meat or octopus and vegetables are cooked “under the bell”) and a pistachio raspberry cake.
I’m so grateful to my friends for making the journey to Croatia. It was really one of the highlights of my life.
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