Opinion
If you had to choose: the best place for Christmas
Dec 30,
2016
2741
When I was sixteen, I spent my first Christmas away from home. It was dreadful. – It was dreadful despite the fact that I was being spoiled and pampered by…
Running Down the Clock
Dec 29,
2016
2805
I am a bit tired of the festivities. Celebrating Christmas holidays in Dubrovnik is a marathon, not a sprint… and I dislike running in general. Croatians tend to take things…
An American’s First Badnjak Experience
Dec 21,
2016
5893
There’s no other day of the year when the Dubrovnik spirit comes to life quite like on Badnjak. Last winter I came to visit my boyfriend for Christmas, which was…
Nothing burns like the cold
Dec 17,
2016
2968
“I sometimes get the feeling that I don’t even have to speak for the conversation to flow…I feel a little like a passenger,” laughed the Englishman opposite me in a…
Ten passwords to the Dalmatian soul
Dec 16,
2016
4887
Did you consider buying a brief English/Croatian phrasebook and leafing through it during your flight to Dubrovnik? Nah...You know you won't. And I tell you a secret: you don't need…
Merrily, merrily, merrily…
Dec 16,
2016
2918
Trying to save money during the holiday season is like trying to hold water in your hands. It doesn't matter how tightly you cup them, water will always find a…
Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m 64
Dec 11,
2016
4348
When did you stop celebrating your birthday? What was the cut-off point where you hide your birthday on Facebook and started forgetting your years? When you are a child every…
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