Cherries in June

  There are a few weeks that tend to be around the end of May / start of June that mark the perfect time to start picking some of the fruits growing in the back garden. It usually starts with elderflower and cherries, later in the…

Riječki karneval

Rijeka Carnival   The main event of the Rijeka Carnival is the march through the city centre on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. Numerous locals from the region attend to parade as groups dressed up in different themes, and tens of…
Lee Barguss - Royal Botanic Gardens

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Exploring the Royal Botanic Gardens   Living in a different country to where I’m from requires a kind of “duty” every now and then, to make a quick trip back to the UK and make sure that everyone remembers what I look like. I’ve…
Zagrebačka katedrala (Cathedral of Zagreb)

Zagreb Christmas Market

Zagrebačka katedrala (Cathedral of Zagreb)  True to the promise made in my previous post of exchanging the weekend work catch-up for trips to new places, we went ahead with driving up to Zagreb for a slow-paced, yet pleasing day…

Choppy Water and a Sandy Beach

Photo by Nives Batistić   The end of 2017 marked the beginning of my annual file cleanup - which includes backing up files to hard drives, deleting old/useless content, and sorting useful content into its new home. Without the distractions…