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…
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…
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…