“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.” William Somerset Maugham The response to the last post has been clear. A full 100% of readers were dissatisfied with the previous post. “Were you drunk when you wrote this?” “Do better.” “I give this 3/10.” The readership has spoken. I will do better. Sunday…
Category: Croatia
Istrian Coast
“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.” Bram Stoker Saturday We head to the coast for a drive. Maybe it is the vastness of Australia, here is Croatia there is a sense of closeness. You can be high…
Dr. Guilio Pastori – Ophthalmologist
“Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.” Leo Tolstoy Friday A trip to Trieste to find an opthalmologist. Croatia – Slovenia – Italy in the space of 30 minutes. It is easier to find an ophthalmologist in Trieste than it is to find a park….
Grožnjan – Croatia
“How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.” William S. Burroughs Thursday My eye is still red, but now it is causing me pain. I get this bad headache behind and around my eye. It was so bad yesterday afternoon that I couldn’t read, and I went to bed at 6.00 pm. Shutting…
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…
Day 157 – Zagreb
17 May 2022 “Book a ticket, get a visa, pack a bag, and it just happens.” ― Alex Garland Our apartment has no curtains. The sun rises at 6.30 am but it is light at 5.00 am. There is no air conditioning, we are in the loft. It is hot. I wake up at 5.00…