Zagreb Style. . .
Do you remember that when I first visited Zagreb last year, Dottoressa introduced me to spica, the Zagrebian custom of dressing up and meeting friends for coffee on Saturday morning? Sadly, we didn’t have a…
View PostDo you remember that when I first visited Zagreb last year, Dottoressa introduced me to spica, the Zagrebian custom of dressing up and meeting friends for coffee on Saturday morning? Sadly, we didn’t have a…
View PostThis will be a long-ish post, but mostly pictorial, and I thought I’d begin by offering you the agenda: 1. I’ll transcribe my journal entry for yesterday; 2. I’ll make a claim about Zagreb (it’s…
View PostAs promised, this watercolour sketch from the travel journal I’m gradually filling this trip. I should tell you that I began this page by trying to draw another very similar historical-architectural remnant, also being used…
View PostI haven’t been pen-and-ink sketching in my written journal much this visit, doing watercolour sketches in a separate journal instead (I’ll post my latest watercolour tomorrow or Wednesday, flaws and all). But a few mornings…
View PostSo, let’s start with the bad news, and get that out of the way. . . Yes, against our faint hopes, our train tomorrow has been cancelled due to the SNCF work action. Luckily, we’d…
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