Readers of this blog will know that I usually go to India at this time of year... but this winter I'm bringing a little bit of the colo...

On December 9th I woke up to a surprise: snow! This was the first time I was seeing the village under a blanket of the white stuff. So I gr...

Svetvinčenat, also known as Savičenta in local dialect (or in Italian: Sanvincenti), is one of the many highlights of interior Istria. I...

Squeaky incognito on the bookshelf It's been a while since I posted about Squeaky, the South Indian cat  and our other animal ...

Another important historical landmark  here in the village located right next to the  Salamon Palace  and opposite St. Mary's Chur...

Have you come across those jokes and memes about growing up in a certain culture abroad that are light-hearted pokes at what it's li...

Among my collection of old postcards are a few of Pula, Istria's biggest and southernmost city. Two feature its most famous landmark,...