In the small Croatian city of Zadar, the Adriatic Sea not only laps around its stone ramparts but also plays an eerie, breathy tune through the world’s only sea organ.
The sea organ is at the end of the stone promenade which encircles this ancient Roman town built on a a peninsula. Built only recently, [...]
Archive for October, 2008
The Sea Organ of Zadar
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cruising around Croatia on public transport
Posted in My Travels, tagged Croatian buses on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Compared to China and India, Croatian public transportation is clean, modern, comfortable, friendly and efficient. This ain’t no third world country, thank you very much!
While only few schedules are posted at stops, local buses seem to run fairly often and the roads are smooth and well marked. No one eats or smokes on [...]
Croatian Cuisine and dining experiences
Posted in My Travels, tagged Croatian cuisine, Croatian food on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bread, pasta, pizza, seafood, and beef choices in four languages populate the typical Croatian restaurant menu that might, even by chance, serve a tourist. Place to place, the prices seem to vary more than the choices.
Big white slabs of thick, golden crusted bread arrives shortly before most non-pizza entree choices. If the bread [...]
Slovenia’s stunning caves
Posted in My Travels, tagged caves on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Five minutes too late for a 7:30 am bus to Trieste, Italy but not realizing it until 30 minutes later, changed the next two days. What can you do when you can either wait for the next bus, 10 am, to Trieste or wait for the next train, 10:03 am to the following day’s [...]
Fishing for Rovinj’s Fjord
Posted in My Travels, tagged Rovinj on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m chasing behind the tourists’ chain but the tail isn’t wagging the dog. The tourist welcome mat in Croatia is being put away until April in many places including Rovinj, Croatia. I chose Rovinj over other Croatian fishing villages because snooty Fodor’s said for “Istria’s cultural mecca….it is hard to imagine how Rovinj [...]
Putzing around in Pula
Posted in My Travels, tagged Add new tag, Croatia, Pula, Roman coliseum on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pula is the largest, most well known city in Croatia’s Istria region (see map in previous post) but I was ready to leave after four hours. You would think that a 2,100 year old city with the sixth largest Roman coliseum and a kinda sorta famous archaeological museum would keep me there for hours [...]
Relying on the kindness of strangers
Posted in My Travels on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When traveling, relying on the kindness of strangers not only saves time, potential embarrassment and/or confusion, but also reassures my belief that people are inherently kind.
Sure, there are the rude, unhelpful clerks around the world but the teen to early 20s student types, the urban professional, and the well dressed elderly are almost [...]
Rambling on Croatia’s Riviera Coast
Posted in My Travels, tagged Croatian Riviera, Opatija on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No map or compass is needed to ramble along Opatija’s 12 kilometer Lungomare waterfront promenade. The orange stones wedded by cement tightly hugs Croatia’s Gulf of Kvarner coastline as it edges by Opatija and four other small towns. Small marinas, 19th century villas, stony beaches, jagged rocks, and pine trees interspersed with [...]
Above and beyond in Dubai
Posted in My Travels, tagged Add new tag, Dubai, palm development, skiing in Dubai on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dubai is above and beyond the call of its self appointed duty to be bigger, better, or at least more opulent than the rest of the world. Within a couple of square miles, the formerly “new Dubai” hosts the world’s biggest artificial ski slope, three 5 star large hotels connected by a network of [...]
Could I live in Dubai?
Posted in My Travels, tagged expatriot life in Dubai, Life in Duba on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Imaging myself living in a travel destination encourages me to explore the nooks and crannies of the place more. How would I get to work, what type of work could I get, what life style would my salary afford me, where would I shop for food, and how can I fulfill all of my [...]
