Feeling sLOVEnia – part 1

Thus far on our trip around the Balkan Peninsula the countries we’ve visited have had long, troubled, and war-ravaged histories standing in sharp contrast to both the natural beauty of the territory and some of the stories of cooperation and …

Taking some of the mystery-uh out of Istria – part 2

Now let’s take a look at what happened in Istria After World War II. In 1941, as the Second World War raged, a map of the region looked like this:  But that would soon change. When Italy surrendered in 1943, the Tito …

Taking some of the mystery-uh out of Istria – part 1

I wrote previously that Istria has a volatile history and promised I’d detail it during our visit there. We’re there on a bus taking us from Opatija to Motovun – one of the best preserved traditional hill towns on the …