These blog posts are about, or provide reference to, Croatia.
If I wasn’t scientifically educated, I might infer that the majority of Croatian men over 50 were several months pregnant. Not that I am being sexist here: the women aren’t all that hot either, though clearly quite hard, if their ability to lie in the sun all day on stone or concrete is anything to … More Day 28: Volosko
Just follow the umbrella like a crocodile of schoolchildren or, in this case, the dangling heart and listen to the enhanced commentary delivered on the built-in portable sound system. I once saw a woman completely covered by a swarm of midges in September in the Scottish Highlands, an unwanted version of those lunatics who cover … More Day 26: Trogir to Split
Farewell Montenegro, a phrase many Montenegrins have had to utter to make their way in the world, from the waiter who has sailed the seas – and seen Southampton, Falmouth and Greenock – to the architect who has helped rebuild lands from Palermo to Belfast. It is the inevitable path of ambition in a small nation, … More Day 25: From Montenegro, through Bosnia-Hercegovina to Croatia
Having made critical comments about tourism in Eastern Europe, I have now started the real holiday section of my travels and, in effect, become a tourist myself. I dropped down from Cetinje (above) to Budva on the Dalmatian coast and then drove north-west, taking the ferry across the Kotor inlet, before crossing the border from Montenegro … More Days 21 & 22: Dalmatian Coast 1
I said goodbye to Timisoara and Romania at noon today. Nearly every town and village has some kind of sign saying ‘Drum Bun’, which literally means Good Road i.e Safe Journey. I had stayed in Timisoara both because it was where I stayed when I first arrived in Romania and because, 21 years later, it … More Day 19: From Timisoara to Uzice
Croatia was the latest – the 28th – country to join the European Union, in July 2013. They like to herald the fact that in their referendum 66% voted for joining, but only 44% actually voted, meaning only 30% of the population expressed a positive endorsement, so they suffer from similar levels of political … More Day 5: Zagreb to Beograd
On leaving Dachau yesterday, the German equivalent to Radio 3 – BR Klassik, which also plays full works unspoiled by ads – was playing a Mozart piano concerto, which caught perfectly my reflective mood. It was followed by a Vaughan Williams piece, and then by a Klezmer romp from the David Orlowsky Trio called ‘Happiness’. … More Day 4: Salzburg to Zagreb
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