Browsing Posts by 2017
food, Italy, restaurant Aug 24, 2017 By Jagabond
The Amalfi Coast sirens were singing, and I was finally listening. My lack of coastal excursions this summer is primarily for three reasons: 1) I [...]
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Croatia, road trip Aug 18, 2017 By Jagabond
I recently wrote about the hill towns of the Istrian Peninsula. That is the inland experience, but the coast has a different feel altogether. What [...]
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history, Italy Aug 11, 2017 By Jagabond
“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” – Hippocrates I’m always learning. Not because I try to, maybe I [...]
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Croatia, destinations Aug 4, 2017 By Jagabond
The alternate title for this blog is “I found my thrill, on an Istria hill.” What is it about hilltop towns that instantly make people [...]
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Croatia, destinations Jul 28, 2017 By Jagabond
Rovinj is one of those amazing seaside towns. A place for relaxation, introspection…and indulgence. So many fish in the sea, and thus so many to [...]
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Monterosso, Italy Jul 12, 2017 By Jagabond
If they ever made a cooking reality show for bumbling, brainless chefs, I might just win. In my life I’ve been fired from two fast [...]
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Barcelona, Spain Jul 9, 2017 By Jagabond
“One of the great Catalan poets, Joan Maragall, wrote this famous poem in which he called Barcelona the great enchantress, or some kind of sorceress, [...]
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Italy, photography Jun 30, 2017 By Jagabond
“Black and white is salt and pepper of colors, for life tastes bland without them.” Some places in the world are better in black and [...]
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