Rijeka * see part 1Rijeka, the last Istrian Peninsula trilogy stop, is yet another Croatian port-town with Roman ruins, Venetian influences, daily Farmer’s Market and old city charm. But, for some reason, to us, Rijeka just felt right.There were dilapidated buildings, neglected buildings and graffiti. Beaches were both industrial and beautiful plusContinue reading “Pula, Treiste and Rijeka, the Istrian Trilogy: Part 2”
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Obligatory Food Blog
November 30, 2018 So, time to talk turkey, our obligatory food post.We know you have all been waiting for the food commentary especially during the food lull between Thanksgiving, Hanukah and Christmas. We can start by showing our ex-pat Thanksgiving meal from our kitchen in Pula. As we rolled into this Italian influenced town inContinue reading “Obligatory Food Blog”
Bloc party in Zagreb
Another trip over the Alps, this time not by Easy Jet or elephant but by European Greyhound, the Flixbus, and this time not over the true Alps but the “Dinaric Alps” or also commonly called Dinarides (it’s highest peak is 8839 ft in Albania) the mountain range that runs north-south through the Balkans. We arrivedContinue reading “Bloc party in Zagreb”
Hvala Dubrovnik, Dobar dan Split
Most tourists are only here for a few hours unloaded from tour group buses then repacked at the end of the day. So, since we’ve been here almost 2 weeks we are now eligible to vote. We qualify because we have done everything you can do here besides the stuff that costs money. That includedContinue reading “Hvala Dubrovnik, Dobar dan Split”
Croatia 2: The War and Mostar
this entry was imported in an older format and looks pretty bad, can’t change it. Every silver lining has a cloud. Dubrovnik is another European city that has been touched by war. It’s ironic and fitting that a Balkan area was chosen for some of the filming of the Game of Thrones; a series aboutContinue reading “Croatia 2: The War and Mostar”
Croatia 1: Dubrovnik on the rocks
NOTE: This was posted in the older format so it looks pretty bad, sorry. Hannibal crossed the Alps on elephants, we used Easy Jet. Same comfort and trunk space with equally dramatic scenery, but no peanuts. The clouds conveniently parted on our flight, and the Alps appeared below, the definition of majestic, and a completely differentContinue reading “Croatia 1: Dubrovnik on the rocks”
Time for London
Christian Marclay\’s spellbinding installation \”The Clock\” is a 24 hour long montage of thousands of film and television clips of scenes with clocks, edited and synchronized to show real time. We had the fortune to stumble onto it at the Tate Modern Museum in London. Due to the crowds we were only able to watch itContinue reading “Time for London”
College tour and the Cotswolds
It\’s mid Fall, we\’re seniors, we don\’t know what we\’re doing next year. So, it\’s time for college tours. Oxford Cambridge Cambridge There are a lot of similarities between the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. Both are actually a collection of multiple colleges, up to 30+ in each place (Cambridge has 31, OxfordContinue reading “College tour and the Cotswolds”
Scarborough fair, moor or less
The Scarborough Fair, a popular song by Simon & Garfunkel in the \’60\’s is actually an old English ballad. The song is a dialogue between a man and a woman each asking the other to do impossible tasks before they can win the other\’s heart. For example, the woman must make him a shirt withoutContinue reading “Scarborough fair, moor or less”
Liverpool
The first thing the clerk asked us as we checked in to the hostel in Liverpool (the picture above), “Do you like the Beatles?”, but what was strange was as we walked down Lime Street, we kept hearing different Neil Young songs being played from the bars. Neil Young, the 5th Beatle? Well actually, everyoneContinue reading “Liverpool”
Chosen Fugue 