I'm in the final throes of the guidebook project that has been keeping me glued to the computer screen for weeks but I thought I'd dash off my Top 10...
Posted by | July 9, 2008
There was once a tiny little stone town in Croatia. For many years its medieval townhouses and palaces lay half-abandoned, the ghosts roaming around the narrow cobbled streets telling tales...
Posted by | June 30, 2008
I've been glued to my computer screen working on a guidebook and will remain glued for another few weeks, missing Croatia's coolest summer happenings. But since I myself am missing...
Posted by | June 24, 2008
If in Lisbon and tired of packed bars of Bairro Alto or Bica, here are a few more offbeat cultural options. Bacalhoeiro (Rua dos Bacalhoeiros 125, first & second floor;...
Posted by | June 19, 2008
Last Sunday evening at an open-air milonga in Lisbon, two impromptu solo performances made the event even more entertaining. Video shot by Hoji Fortuna.
Posted by | June 13, 2008
On June 12 every year, Lisboetas take to the streets to celebrate their patron saint, St Anthony. Known to be the protector of lost items, the poor, travelers and marriage,...
Posted by | June 5, 2008
I recently returned from a five-day trip to Slavonia, a region in eastern Croatia that was one of the epicenters of the Yugoslavian civil war in the early 1990s. The...
Posted by | May 27, 2008
So, here I am back in Zagreb, after a few weeks of heavy traveling through Kvarner and Istria. My discoveries have been wide and varied. I saw shepherds living in...
Posted by | May 20, 2008
If you want an ultimate communist chic experience in Croatia, nothing beats a stay at Brijuni National Park off the coast of Istria. This small archipelago is known as the...
Posted by | May 16, 2008
I am writing this from a small seaside town of Punat on Krk, Croatia’s largest island. I have been quiet due to a manic work/travel schedule; and it looks like...
