Home for a day.
In case you ever go to Croatia, the cheapest rooms around are rented out of people's homes. A lovely woman named Jagoda and her husband who drives like a maniac put me up for the night - for a mere $13! - in the basement of their bright yellow house. I had a whole apartment to myself, basically - and a gigantic tub, which I think provided my last genuine washing until I had the occasion to enjoy a Turkish bath in Istanbul (stay tuned for that story. It's a funny one).
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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a fede... [read more]
The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a fede... [read more] Blog: A Tale of Squid Ink
Date: May 14th 2006
Hello all! Oy! Such a delay in the reporting! I know, and I'm sorry. I've been stuck on any variety of transport, traversing the Balkans with many taciturn locals (get that dictionary yet, Handsome?). No time for internet... must catch the next donkey out of Split! But I'll try to catch you up, and I'll start where I left off; Hvar. Where? Yeah, I know. It's a Croatian island, off t ... read more
Date: May 14th 2006
Hello all! Oy! Such a delay in the reporting! I know, and I'm sorry. I've been stuck on any variety of transport, traversing the Balkans with many taciturn locals (get that dictionary yet, Handsome?). No time for internet... must catch the next donkey out of Split! But I'll try to catch you up, and I'll start where I left off; Hvar. Where? Yeah, I know. It's a Croatian island, off t ... read more
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"As for what motivated me, it is quite simple: I would hope that in the eyes of some people it might be sufficient in itself. It was curiosity - the only kind of curiosity in any case, that is work acting upon with a degree of obstinacy: not the curiosity that seems to assimilate what is proper for one to know, but that which enables one to get free of onself. After all, what would be the value of the passion for knowledge if it resulted only in a certain amount of knowledgeableness and not, in one way or another and to the extent possible, in the knower's straying afield of himself?" -M. F... full info
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