Croatia

Nov

Running Away to Home (Croatia)

pen4hire on November 28th, 2011

Destination: Croatia Book: Running Away To Home (our family’s journey to croatia in search of who we are, where we came from and what really matters) by Jennifer Wilson (NEW October 2011) Book: A Traveller’s History of Croatia (2010), by Benjamin Curtis Winston Churchill said, “The Balkans produce more history than can be consumed locally.” [...]

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Apr

New Book Roars

pen4hire on April 29th, 2011

Destination: The Former Yugoslavia Book: The Tiger’s Wife (NEW March 2011) by Téa Obreht The thought that kept haunting me as I read this novel was, “How did this magical realism get transferred from South and Central America to the Balkans? ” The Tiger’s Wife is full of legends, fables, and myths–magical explanations of otherwise unexplainable events. [...]

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Apr

Four Meals in Croatia, Part II

pen4hire on April 1st, 2009

Note: Today Jeanine Barone continues her guest post on Croatia, inspired by a Croatian writer, learning about the country through accidental experiences with food. Destination: Croatia Book: Croatia: Travels in Undiscovered Country by Tony Fabijansic (Continued) 3. Batana Boats A tall, thin man wearing a red and white striped stocking cap and matching long-sleeved shirt [...]

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Mar

Four Meals in Croatia Part I

pen4hire on March 31st, 2009

Note: My friend Jeanine Barone who writes J The Travel Authority, recently visited Croatia. Today and tomorrow she shares with the Traveler’s Library her discoveries in this largely undiscovered country which were enhanced by her reading of a Croatian writer. Destination: Croatia Book: Croatia by Tony Fabijanic Dreaming of Croatia by Jeanine Barone [...]

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