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Zagreb, Croatia — Unexpectedly Cool City

Tesla statue zagreb croatia

Tweet During my summer in Europe last year, I spent about two weeks in Zagreb on three different occasions. I was holed up in Croatia for about a month, because I was wanting on a passport expediting service back in the States to get my Russian, Chinese and Vietnamese visa. Expedited in this sense is [...]

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An Emotional, Thoughtful, Funny, Bitter, Poignant, Moving, Incredible Museum Experience

man's belt from museum of broken relationships zagreb croatia

Tweet Man’s belt Aug 2003 – May 2006, San Francisco, California, USA The man of my dreams didn’t even exist in my dreams until I met him. Our physical passion ruled the relationship; he was a unique and spectacular lover. This item may not be very exciting, but the circumstances by which it came to my [...]

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Running of the Donkeys — Bulls Ain’t Got Nothing on This

Donkey Race Sali Summer Festival in Croatia

Tweet A few months ago, I had the chance to do the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona. It is the most famous festival of its kind in the world. Hundreds of thousands of people show up to watch or participate. Hemingway wrote ‘Sun Also Rises’ which revolved around it. The Running of the Bulls [...]

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Street art with meaning

Graffiti and I have a true love/hate relationship. Although I love Italy dearly, each and every time I go back, [...]

Dog Sledding in Finland

dog sled finland huskies

I absolutely love dogs, but I never would have guessed how much I’d immediately take to dog sledding during my [...]

A big day for someone and my serendipity

Resting my feet after an afternoon’s worth of walking the hills of Girona in the middle of one of my [...]

A quick guide to tapas

tapas in costa brava spain

If you are headed to Spain, get your taste buds ready to enjoy one of the great culinary treats in [...]

Instagram Favorites, Alex Ogle, a.k.a. @Alex_Ogle

I am thinking about possibly adding a new feature to this site — great Instagram photographers that I like and [...]

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