I don’t have children, but I do read Darwin and I know that our species is governed by a set of laws inherent in our biology (OMG, no kids & no religion … I’m going to hell!) Children have a sub-set of these laws and I took the time in Cro-land to watch the behaviour […]
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Dining Out So, you don’t like olive oil? Then Croatia is the land of bread. Bread eaten without any adornment of any description. I had eaten 34 loaves in the first 7 days. Towards the end, I have eaten my body weight in bread. There is every chance I won’t be able to go to
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Cro-man and I have been to 2 water polo matches; one in Zadar between two local teams and one in Dubrovnik between 2 regional teams in the Grand Final. By ‘have been’, I mean we rocked up to the pier where a square of the Adriatic had been roped off and 2 floating goals had
I know, I know…… its rude to listen in on other peoples conversations. And my mum will be appalled by this post. However, I believe that if your ears accidentally happen to be close to a particular exchange of words, then so be it. Who am I to stand in the way of one of
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For a very good reason, these lakes and waterfalls are on the World Heritage Register and I’ve put up on my facebook some photos that really don’t do the place justice. Being the natural athlete that I am, I was keen to do the run on the boardwalks that take you around the lakes. But
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The seaside in Cro-land in July/August is not for the locals. They are working at anything that is, even vaguely, related to tourism. There are thousands of little cabooses set up along every boardwalk in Istria and Dalmatia selling made-in-China authentic souvenirs like Croatian Flag placemats, shot glasses and biscuits (would you believe you can
Warning: this blog will offend those of German origin or those who have cultural sensitivities. German Tourists If Angela Merkle needs to know where her constituents are – she need only look to the marinas and beaches of Croatia. Forget Berlin, this is the centre of the German populace. I know they are German because:
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Pregnancy On one of my days in Rovinj I saw a pregnant Cro-woman – one of the gorgeous stick creatures I described in my Zagreb fashion blog. When I first saw her I thought she had stuck a rock melon up her T-shirt. Maybe this was a Cro custom to keep their melons warm. Who
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So, you’ve bought some Euro-style sunnies, you’ve got the French mani/pedi combo and the chic Euro hair style is moussed, gelled and hair-sprayed into a fashionable helmet. However, you are a cardie wearing, long-socks-with-sandals nerd if you don’t smoke. The non-smoker is even more conspicuous than the women wearing one-piece bathers. If you want to
Driving in Cro-land means gripping the wheel like the front bar of a roller-coaster and tightening the sphincter until your bum is so attached to the seat, you make a little sigh of release when you leave the car. As those of you who have been a passenger in my car will know, I brake
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