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Tag Archives: Croatia
Photo of the Day: Wind
Wind farm on a stormy day in Croatia. I’m glad this one came out. I was in a moving car, and said car was being buffeted about by the blasts of wind.
Photo of the Day: Napoleon was here
This isn’t much of a photo but the story behind them makes it interesting. Napoleon’s presence is still felt all over Croatia. His forts perch on top of mountains. One of our guides spoke of him with admiration: he came … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: The unobtrusive Cathedral of Zagreb
At the end of our trip in Croatia, we headed inland from the coast to Zagreb, where we were going to be flying out from. We had less than a day in Zagreb, and I loved it so much I … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Hvar at first light
The island of Hvar is a magical place, so richly textured with different cultures and empires that they’re basically like striations of rock. There are the Venetians and all they left behind. Napoleon left his traces too. My cousin Rachel … Continue reading
2020 Books Read
What a year, huh. What a dumpster-fire year. I read a lot, mostly in the mornings, and it helped create rituals for the days, which often seemed endlessly the same, interchangeable. I read a lot of long and challenging books … Continue reading
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Stuff I’ve Been Reading
2020 has been heavy, ain’t it. “This shit’s about to get heavy” (I worked so long on that Eminem piece, his lyrics are still buzzing through me). When things get heavy, escapes are great, momentary respites are important. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, Croatia, Dubravka Ugrešić, fiction, Memoirs, Nijinsky, nonfiction, Robert Kaplan, Russia, Ryszard Kapuściński, stuff I've been reading, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
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Croatia: Oh my God, Zagreb
I guess I wasn’t prepared for Zagreb. Robert Kaplan starts out his beautiful travelogue/history Balkan Ghosts in Zagreb. It’s his jumping-off point into the depths of the Balkans, and I think he started it there since Zagreb is one of … Continue reading
Croatia: Plitvice Lakes and Waterfalls
One of our ongoing jokes throughout Croatia had to do with Irish pubs. We tripped over one in Dubrovnik. We laughed about it. Rachel said, “You know there’s an Irish pub in Diocletian’s Palace” somewhere. We kept our eyes peeled … Continue reading
Croatia: At the movies: Split’s Kinoteka Zlatna Vrata
By the time we got back to Split, it was full-on November weather. The storm was passing, these gigantic clouds sweeping out of the sky, leaving the world chilly, windy, almost frosty. Rachel and I walked along the waterfront, wishing … Continue reading
Croatia: To Šibenik and back
We left Trogir and headed on to Šibenik. Clouds now filled the sky. We learned later from Davor that part of the road between Zagreb and Split had closed this particular day, because the wind was too ferocious. By the … Continue reading