“You may have the universe if I may have Italy” Giuseppe Verdi We arrive in Treiste and walk a few hundred meters to our accommodation. Accessed through the worlds smallest elevator, it is clean and tidy with tremendous views over the city. Across the road is a stunning church. There are Christmas markets to explore…
Year: 2023
Leaving Ljubljana
I have no ćevapi regrets. We sleep in past 07:00 and head for breakfast. The waitress informs us there is a change to the way breakfast works this morning. My immediate thoughts are that these changes have been introduced to curb our ordering enthusiasm and I have a moment of embarrassment. “There is a luxury…
Less Than Zero
It is cold today. More thick fog when we wake up. The temperature is -7C. I am thankful I grabbed a beanie yesterday. “And though the coldness I have always felt leaves me, the numbness doesn’t and probably never will.” Bret Easton Ellis We head to breakfast. Yesterday, after we had the charcuterie, the waitress…
Ljubljana
I only sleep in Italian bed linen these days. We have woken up in a blanket of thick fog. It will take a few hours to burn off. Shopping before we head to the castle. First, breakfast. Money can’t but happiness. That is what they say. I am not sure who they are, but they…
Slovenia
Previously… Dear Zagreb, we are breaking up. It’s not you, it’s me. Actually, it is you, you are not Ljubljana. But we can still be friends. “Like some wines our love could neither mature nor travel.” Graham Greene This city is stunning. The architecture, the river, the castle. It is like a fairy tale. We…
Breaking Up With Zagreb
We sleep in, kind of. Awake at 05:20. Plans for a pre breakfast walk are dismissed as we lay in bed with the window open and let the cold air in. Croatians know how to party, there is plenty of noise on the street. I don’t understand the langauge so I cannot tell if it…
The Boogie Lab
“I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread” Charles Bukowski I am not a restaurant or food critic. I don’t think this space will ever have more than a passing interest in food. I will make an exception today. The Boogie Lab deserves its own entry. The…
Return to Otočac
Sometimes you eat something and it is so good everything you eat after it gets compared to that one perfect dish. It is not to say you can’t enjoy a meal after this perfect plate, but when you eat the same food again, it is always measured against that one amazing moment. This is what…
Arrivals – Croatia
We spent the last month or so of our bike trip in Zagreb. It was Spring turning to summer and Zagreb was a beautiful place to relax with nothing to do. We booked our flight to Zagreb a month ago and it feels like we are heading home. “…everyone needs a somewhere, a place he…