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Church on *Easter* Sunday: St. Lawrence Cathedral in Trogir, Croatia
Happy Easter/Srecan Uskrs! This year, the Julian and Gregorian calendars have Easter falling on the same day, so we can celebrate both Orthodox and non-Orthodox Christian Easter today. In Serbia,...
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Fields…and trunks…of gold
We spent yesterday driving from Dubrovnik to Belgrade. I wouldn’t recommend doing the drive in one day, but we were rewarded for our stamina with Croatian gold. What’s Croatian gold? It’s the term I...
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Trogir: Italian roots, Balkan hospitality
I wasn’t surprised when our guests from the States wanted to visit the Croatian coast. In my unscientific opinion, Americans are more inclined to go to Croatia than any other Balkan country. We agreed...
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Dubrovnik, Croatia: wall to wall history-and people
Dubrovnik graces the covers of Croatian guidebooks, travel magazines, and thousands of postcards. We were hoping to see the blue skies, white marble, and oceanside restaurants the postcards promised....
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Synagogue Sunday: Dubrovnik, Croatia
I don’t have too many opportunities to see synagogues in this part of the world, so imagine my surprise when I realized that Dubrovnik hosted Europe’s second-oldest synagogue on the very same street we...
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The Fairy Tales, Tastes and Truffles of Motovun, Croatia
Motovun is the stuff of fairy tales. It appears almost out of nowhere: a turn on a highway suddenly reveals the white hilltop city lording over olive groves, vineyards, and truffle patches. It’s...
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Rovinj, Croatia
My dynamic duo of visitors wanted to see Croatia, but I was a bit skeptical about booking our trip to Rovinj. While most people swoon over the Croatian coast, I was lukewarm about its charms. I found...
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(Sneaking into) Church on Sunday at Rovinj’s Franciscan Monastery
I never thought that writing about churches would pose moral dilemmas. Yet I often ask myself, is taking (sometimes prohibited) photos in church truly wrong? I don’t take photos during services. I’m...
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