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I apologise for being quiet over the last few days! I hope that you've all been well, and that I haven't missed much from your interesting and worthwhile lives. The reason for my absence was a family holiday to the Balkan nation of Croatia, lying to the east of Italy on the Adriatic Sea, and once a part of former Yugoslavia. The nation has been a part of the European Union for 5 years, and while investment can be seen around the place, our hotel in a more rural part of the country retain a dated feel. Not to say that this was a bad thing, of course, but with 25mph winds blowing outside for the first couple of days, the single glazed windows offered all the soundproofing capabilities of a sheet of paper.
Still, aside from that, the week was a wonderful one, and I hope that yours was excellent, too! Bringing you the first of many images from that holiday, here is a view out from the coast looking Southwest, out over the Adriatic Sea towards the Island of Brač, the largest island in Dalmatia and third largest in the Adriatic. The island has a population of around 13,000 people, and holds a claim to fame as the site of a quarry producing a coveted white stone, thought to be used in the maintenance of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France, and the White House in Washington D.C. With a Slovenian wife, and a Croatian-built dwelling, one can only assume that the POTUS has his heart set on the Balkans!
Hope you enjoy!
I apologise for being quiet over the last few days! I hope that you've all been well, and that I haven't missed much from your interesting and worthwhile lives. The reason for my absence was a family holiday to the Balkan nation of Croatia, lying to the east of Italy on the Adriatic Sea, and once a part of former Yugoslavia. The nation has been a part of the European Union for 5 years, and while investment can be seen around the place, our hotel in a more rural part of the country retain a dated feel. Not to say that this was a bad thing, of course, but with 25mph winds blowing outside for the first couple of days, the single glazed windows offered all the soundproofing capabilities of a sheet of paper.
Still, aside from that, the week was a wonderful one, and I hope that yours was excellent, too! Bringing you the first of many images from that holiday, here is a view out from the coast looking Southwest, out over the Adriatic Sea towards the Island of Brač, the largest island in Dalmatia and third largest in the Adriatic. The island has a population of around 13,000 people, and holds a claim to fame as the site of a quarry producing a coveted white stone, thought to be used in the maintenance of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France, and the White House in Washington D.C. With a Slovenian wife, and a Croatian-built dwelling, one can only assume that the POTUS has his heart set on the Balkans!
Hope you enjoy!
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The sea here played a role in Michael D. O'Brien's novel "The Island of the World" about a Croatian man caught up in the Tito rule during the 40s, 50s, and 60s. His return to his homeland at the end was quite bittersweet seeing everything he had known in his happy childhood was gone. Beautiful place; gripping book.
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He's primarily known as an author of explicitly Catholic works, and while the main character in this is certainly Catholic, it's not as preachy as some of his others. In this one the events and the drama of the main character's life while facing the oppression of the Communists and the mixed reception he gets in the West drive things which makes it readily accessible for anybody with an interest in the period.
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Likewise, I hope that for you and your family, as well. While I don't doubt the account from my former housemate, a Serb who lived through the twilight years of Yugoslavia, that life was tolerable in comparison to conditions in states under Soviet influence, it still isn't a society I would wish for anyone to live in, least of all your good self. :)
Gosh, I can just imagine it! My university supervisor was in the middle of writing a book on future US-Soviet relations when the USSR disintegrated, and suddenly two years of his work was for nothing. He recalled it as the best moment of his life up to that point, but the worst of his career. :P
I'm willing to bet very few would have actually gone to live there; they wouldn't be in charge if they did. Everybody knows some animals are more equal than others, even if they want to pretend otherwise.
Yeah, it's a remarkable story that I think a lot of folks just don't understand at all.
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Yeah, it's a remarkable story that I think a lot of folks just don't understand at all.
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