Monatsarchive: Juni 2018

The hotel is a converted car dealership in a light industrial area, up a pot-holed access road between warehouses and shipping companies. The only people I have seen so far are the receptionist and a cleaning lady. Mine has been … Weiterlesen →

The Šaran pit

Guardian: Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. … Americans now live shorter and sicker lives than citizens of … Weiterlesen →

Yes! Radical Croatian historians! I was so happy to read several of these placards that I got tears in my eyes. I spoke with one of the docents for a while. She said they’ve had money for a new building … Weiterlesen →

The Museum of Broken Relationships is today serving Artisan Ice Cream, Cake Royal, and Chocolate Coffee. What is a museum? What makes a museum different from a café (free wifi!) with an attached gift shop? I poked my head in … Weiterlesen →

I am recognizing just a few words of Croatian so far, like „koncentracioni logor“.