My mind has been wandering lately to a place from my childhood and from my dreams. I got to share it with Ken last year and together dip our toes into the unnaturally blue magic that surges through the waters of Plitvice Lakes.
Croatia
Into the Blue
What to drink: Balkan Beers!
We sure had our share of beers on our tour of the Ex-Yu and while we’re no experts on the stuff, we are pretty qualified at having a good time & stuffing our faces, so here goes our list:
1. Lav (lion): Produced by Carlsberg Srbija in the village of Celarevo, Lav is the official beer of the Serbian football (soccer) team. This light pilsner is a crowd pleaser…
The Lost Monuments of Ex-Yu
My cousin sent me a link to this incredible photo series. It stopped me in my tracks.
Concrete spaceships? Nope. These are abandoned Communist monuments scattered all over the territory of former Yugoslavia, photographed by Dutch artist Jan Kempenaers for his series “Spomenik” (monument).
BEST OF…nostalgia sweets
A round-up of desserts from my childhood in Serbia. I can still get my hands on a few of them,
and often just the crinkling of the wrapper is enough to trigger a flood of memories.
Here I am, circa 1984, stuffing my face with abandon. The culprit? “Domacica” cookies.
The dawn of my weakness for chocolate…