The impulse to promenade is strong in Croatian culture. In almost every limestone Old Town dotting the country’s coastline, promenades fill daily in the late afternoon. By the time the weekend rolls around, from morning until night these walkways are particularly dense with humanity: families, gangs of teenagers, couples, solo strollers, and of course the [...]
Places
Zadar’s Water Music
August 22nd, 2008 by EditorsOwning Real Estate Abroad
July 28th, 2008 by Janera SoerelI bought a one bedroom duplex on one of Amsterdam’s canals 10 years ago, when I was still an investment banker. I’ve never sold the place as it is like an anchor in my life, the one place in the world which I can call my own. But with the credit crisis, the high Euro, [...]
Have Dog – Will Travel
July 28th, 2008 by Janera SoerelWith a traveling lifestyle as I have, it has never been possible to have a dog. It’s not practical, a dog would confine me to a city and limit my freedom, who would take care of it when I’m not hop-scot-shing from one city to the next? There have been many excuses not to take [...]
The Extreme Werner Herzog in Antarctica
June 22nd, 2008 by Editors“Encounters at the End of the World” is the latest concoction from acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog, but it is so different from anything that Herzog has ever done—such a bold deviation from his stereotypical oeuvre—that to witness the ambivalent reactions of New York art house crowds is a curious experience. There are those who [...]
Campo Alegre Heats up the Carribean
May 5th, 2008 by Editors
12:35 a.m., Campo Alegre, Curaçao. Young prostitutes walk seductively through the palm tree lined alleys and give naked dance shows under flashing disco lights, hoping to attract business. The crowd begins to swell. Men linger at the bar and cram around tables, ogling the ladies on parade…
