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π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 8 Vis was a military island until 1989. No tourists for fifty years. That’s why it still looks like this. Vis is the farthest inhabited island from the Croatian mainland It takes two and a half hours by ferry from Split, across a stretch […]
Vis ππ· Inside the Yugoslav Naval Base the World Forgot Read More Β»
π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 7 Ε ibenik’s cathedral took 105 years to build. Every stone carved by hand. No brick, no wood β the only cathedral in Europe made entirely of stone. Ε ibenik β Medieval Stone, Tesla’s Electricity The stone that built the Cathedral of St. James was quarried
Ε ibenik ππ· Lit by Tesla Before Most of Europe Read More Β»
π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 6 In Dalmatia, they say a fish should travel three times in its life. From the sea to the net. From the net to the fire. From the fire to your plate. Never further. There is a word in Dalmatia β pomalo Pomalo roughly
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π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 5 You hear Plitvice before you see it. I walked in from the upper entrance, to Plitvice lakes down a path thick with beech and fir, and the forest did what forests do β muffled the world, shrank my attention to the ten meters
Plitvice ππ· The Sound You’ll Never Forget Read More Β»
π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 4 Zagreb’s trams have been running since 1891. But the real heart of the city is Dolac β open every morning since 1930. Locals call it Zagreb’s belly. There are cities people visit to see landmarks. Zagreb is not one of them. Zagreb is
Zagreb ππ· The City That Slowed Me Down Read More Β»
π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 3 The morning in Istria doesn’t begin with coffee. It begins with a cow. She was already awake when I walked to the barn β the kind of cow that has done this so many times she finds the human’s nervousness slightly embarrassing. The
Istria ππ· How Rural Croatia Has Eaten for Centuries Read More Β»
π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 2 I arrived in Lovran by scent. The laurel got there first. Lovran – The town is named after a tree. I didn’t know a place could be named after a smell. In Croatian, lovor means laurel β the bay leaf, the Roman victor’s
Lovran ππ· Smells of laurel or Between the sea and UΔka Read More Β»
π Around the World with Beyondia 𧡠Mediterranean Region πͺ‘ Episode 1 I crossed the Adriatic and arrived somewhere Italy forgot to invent. – That was the first sentence I ever spoke about this journey. It was also the first sentence that turned out to be true. Rovinj was an island until 1763 Not folklore
Rovinj ππ· Colourful streets and sunsets that don’t exist anywhere else Read More Β»