A Letter from Istria to an American Friend
I apologize Tom, I’ve reread this morning the article by Naomi Oreske’s et.al. The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future that you’ve posted on your Facebook page some time ago. My initial opinion, that she misinterprets the...
Istria, February 2014, In the Morning
Istria, February 2014 In December and January, Rovinj sleeps. The days are overcast and rainy. The streets are quiet and empty. On the rare sunny day (or hour), the cafes on the square fill, and when the sun disappears, so too do the natives. On 1 February, one...
Istria, January 2014
Bihac, Bosnia-Herzogovina Last week Patrice and I went to Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina for our ninth wedding anniversary. Driving from Bihac to Velika Kladusia (border town between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina) one encounters roadside memorials commemorating WWII...
Istria, December 2013
Rovinj, December 2013 Days this side of the Adriatic tend to be cool, but sun-drenched. I understand that Venice, directly west across the sea, is cloud-covered and rainy Nov-April. Adriatic storms flood Rovinj’s main square now and then, but for the most...
Arriving in Rovinj, Croatia, November 2013,
Travel Notes Patrice and I have settled in Rovinj, Croatia, until at least 15 April 2014. The first apartment we rented (12th century plague house) did not meet our needs. Patrice found another apartment, which meets our needs in spades. These travel notes is an...Featured Books
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