Travel does the heart good
My little jubilee, the 50th country visited was Liechtenstein. And boy what a ceremony happened. TheĀ Principality of Liechtenstein and the Swiss Confederation were celebrating the 100 years of their common Dounae contract. We were about to cross the bridge that was built over the river Rhine, but we were stopped as the celebration was justā¦
Krapina is my hometown. Zagorje runs through veins. Kajkavian dialect is spoken out loud by my core. So please, allow me to show you a portion of heaven given to us people from Zagorje to enjoy, nourish, and remain proud. Krapina Krapina was first mentioned in 1193. It has always been a favorite site forā¦
This is a post of a lovely, walkable city that will charm all wine, gastronomy and history lovers. From Markets to Mustard! This capital of Burgundie is calling you to get all its tastes. And you will not know all of these existed! The province was home to theĀ Dukes of BurgundyĀ from the early 11th untilā¦
Avignon is a city on the RhĆ“ne river in the south of France. It is surrounded by walls of Avignon (French: Les Remparts d’Avignon) – a series of defensive stone walls that were originally built in the 14th century during the Avignon papacy and have been continually rebuilt and repaired throughout their subsequent history. We entered through Porte Saint-Michel. Theā¦
This historical province of southeastern France, extends from the left bank of the lowerĀ RhĆ“neĀ to the west to theĀ Italian borderĀ to the east; it is bordered by theĀ Mediterranean SeaĀ to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrativeĀ regionĀ ofĀ Provence-Alpes-CĆ“te d’AzurĀ . The largest city of the region and its modern-day capital isĀ Marseille. Known for its diverse landscapes, miles ofā¦
Michel de Notre-Dame, as we all know asĀ Nostradamus, wasĀ an apothecary by profession,Ā and published in the yearĀ 1555Ā a book called Les ProphĆ©tiesĀ (The Prophecies). In his collection of 942 poetic quatrains, he predicted various future events that experts, and many amateurs, find a way of interpreting into related events occurring in the present day. Some historical evidence suggestsā¦
This is going to be a short post. Sanremo is a city on the west coast of Italy, in the province of Liguria. It is the capital of the Riviera dei Fiori or Riviera of Flowers. Its casino also makes it a sort of Italian version of Monte Carlo. This large building in Art Nouveauā¦
Vivid green pesto, great wine and fabulous walks ā¦ Genoa is a city of indulgence. Driving in the city, noticing it’s fabulous big secession buildings it reminded me of the importance of Italy: banks, trades, imports of goods and businesses… Genoa was a medieval rival to Venice. Itās not been primped for tourists like Venice, though.ā¦
Rapallo was never on my list. I never thought there could actually be something about this city. It lies on theĀ Ligurian SeaĀ coast, just between Cinque Terre and Genoa. As a girl from Croatia, I know it from the history books as theĀ Treaty of RapalloĀ was signed there, in Villa Pagana, formerly known asĀ Villa Spinola. A treatyā¦
The five Cinque Terre villages are situated in northern Italy on the Mediterranean Sea, just 3 hours by train from Milan, Pisa and Florence. I have arrived by car and totally enjoyed the national park that spreads across the five villages. La Spezia My journey started in La Spezia. This was the very first stop as Iā¦
Tintine was slowly climbing up the hills of San Marino. Not much pressure should have been put on this car as she had enough of the shocks in the last year or two. The hills around us were rising and soon we found ourselves surrounded by an amazing view. It was San Marino surrounded byā¦
My Life in Sicily finished after a year spent on this island. It was time to turn on my Tintine (a beautiful red car), hop on a ferry and say goodbye. I was nostalgic as a was driving through Reggio Calabria. But soon I was in Puglia – the region with the best Italian cheeses.ā¦
Trieste has been called the ultimate nowhere-place: officially part of several successive countries and empires through the ages, yet spiritually bound to none of them. Many of the 200,000 Triestine, […]
Being placed atop a small hill in northern Croatia,Ā TrakoÅ”Äan Castle looks like a fairytale castle, proudly peeking its spires. It dates back to the 13 century as pat ofĀ fortification system […]
This time in Slovenia, my brother and I visited Styria region again. We woke up earlier and took our car to the road from my hometown Krapina in Croatia. Ptuj […]
The very beautiful Macedonia (FYR of Macedonia, to be more exact) š after belonging to many empires over time, it is nowadays mostly sharedĀ by Christians and Muslims, who still come […]
Keukenhof is Hollands most famous tulip garden in bloom. It is open for 7 weeks every year and has a variety of Ā more than 7 million bulbs in bloom with […]
Ā Revolutionary Russia, the main characterĀ Inna Feldman, who decides to flee Kiev after witnessing the assassination of Prime Minister Stolypin in a theatre, is Ā a Jewish orphan and by that fact […]
Set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Winter in Madrid,Ā by C. J. SansomĀ is about three British citizens already scarred by their experiences of life and warfare when they […]
So much to discover about about Sicilian capital, and so less time… I had a day and a half and made my best of the days! I woke up early […]
The largest of italian islands, seeking for independence and great place of landscapes – it is a gift of God! My 8 days of discovering northern part of Sicily was […]
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