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More lodgers at our house – Scouts from Belgium

i was doing some work around midnight last night when suddenly, somebody called from the street saying : “hello, have you got any place to accommodate us it’s 22 of us – we are scouts from belgium doing island hopping in croatia and we need to stay somewhere tonight…” when …

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New Book on Korcula with unusual image on the cover

New book on Korcula Town is published by Dusan Kalogjera, writer and publisher from Korcula. The image on the cover (see left) depicts Korcula Old Town as small island surrounded by the sea. Although some people found this image offensive , commenting about negative connotations of the image regarding the …

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Our new lodgers – family of birds

After all the hard work on sobe-apartmani sign, besides loads of people, we also got some lodgers that do not fit into that category – family of birds is now staying with us too 🙂 I spent a couple of afternoons trying to catch them on my camera. This is …

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Tintoretto’s painting ready for photo shoot

A friend of mine, Nadja Lucic, is working in Dubrovnik for Restauratorski Zavod of Croatia (an art restoration institution of Croatia). She sent other day this photo of Jacopo Tintoretto’s painting from Korcula’s Sveti Marko cathedral, taken at workshop of HRZ, which shows the work by famous artist getting ready …

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American in Korcula

Washington Post’s Staff Writer K.C. Summers wrote an article ” Ferrily She Rolled Along” about his visit to Croatia. He also visited Korcula. Here is an extract from the article: Island Crush It seemed impossible that Korcula would be crowded. The tiny island about 3 1/2 hours by ferry from …

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Peljesac Bridge New Project

The future Peljesac Bridge may be bascule bridge! Cool ! 🙂 The Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list, just published this image: as a possible solution for the Peljesac Bridge. The good thing about it is that this kind of bridge will allow large ships to sail underneath of it, so the …

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Traffic around Korcula Old Town

There is some good news coming from sources close to the Korcula Town authorities about the new regulations of traffic in Korcula Town for the next summer season (mid-June to mid-September). The reason for this consideration is the amount of traffic in the town, which become almost unbearable in the …

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Peljesac Bridge Tensions

Construction has begun on Croatia’s longest bridge, which the government hopes will provide a lifeline to the southern part of the country.

But Bosnians fear the bridge will seal-off access to their only port to the Adriatic, and have warned the project could endanger bilateral relations between the two former foes.

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Peljesac Bridge Construction Works Started

It seems things are moving on with that long promissed Bridge from Croatian Mainland (Komarna near Klek) to Peljesac Peninsula. Looking forward for that one 🙂

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Book: Marco Polo’s Isle by Michael Donley

Book on Korcula: MARCO POLO’S ISLE by Michael Donley Sketches from the Dalmatian Island of Korcula The Croatian Adriatic – the New Riviera. Surprisingly, this nickname is a good hundred years old; yet once again the area has become a popular destination. However, apart from guides and books of a …

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