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History | Go Hvar
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Ramblings about a far island. Happy 2400th Birthday to Stari Grad! Stari Grad 2400 Celebrations and Days of the Bay Festival This year marks the 2,400th anniversary of the founding of Faros by Greek settlers. It’s Stari Grad’s official entry into recorded history, although there was actually an Illyrian settlement in place already. If only they’d also written things down, we’d probably need 3,000 candles on … Continue reading →. The Walls of Asseria – ancient Liburnian settlement and Roman town. For most...
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Flora & Fauna | Go Hvar
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Ramblings about a far island. Filed under Flora and Fauna. Hvar’s wildlife: butterflies. Butterflies always seem so fragile, so transient. So it came as quite the surprise when I read that (a) there are butterfly fossils dating back around 56 million years, and (b) the Painted Lady appears to hold the record for the longest return migration, from Africa to the Arctic circle and back! This photograph was … Continue reading →. Guide to Hvar’s wildflowers in the late summer. May in the Vineyards of Hvar.
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Vrboska diary – a painter’s view | Go Hvar
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Ramblings about a far island. Vrboska diary – a painter’s view. This entry was posted on August 11, 2015 by Mara. It’s fun to take my sketchbook along on a walk instead of the camera, although it doesn’t half slow down progress! But what I lose in distance covered and numbers of images, I gain in terms of the quality of the scene imprinted on my memory. Places that I’ve sat and sketched are much more vivid in my mind, even years later. Three bridge, Vrboska. Old boat on the shore. Sometimes it’s no...
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Food & Drink | Go Hvar
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Ramblings about a far island. Filed under Food and Drink. Wine-tasting on the north Dalmatian coast part 3: a taste of Benkovac. Continuing our wine-tasting adventures up the north Dalmatian coast with the Blue Danubians, we now arrived in Benkovac, where a special event introduced us to the local food and wine with a traditional flourish! It had been arranged by Alan Mandić of Secret Dalmatia, along with the Benkovac Tourist Board, the Mayor, Benkovac Heritage Museum, … Continue reading →. The new Carić...
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Island Life | Go Hvar
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Ramblings about a far island. Filed under Island Life. Happy 2400th Birthday to Stari Grad! Stari Grad 2400 Celebrations and Days of the Bay Festival This year marks the 2,400th anniversary of the founding of Faros by Greek settlers. It’s Stari Grad’s official entry into recorded history, although there was actually an Illyrian settlement in place already. If only they’d also written things down, we’d probably need 3,000 candles on … Continue reading →. And what … Continue reading →. It’s good to see tra...
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Art Retreat | Go Hvar
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Ramblings about a far island. Filed under Art Retreat. Hvar Artist Retreat 2016 – a great week of painting! This September, a group of artists from California joined me for a week’s sketching and painting in some of my favourite locations around Hvar. And as we usually do on these occasions, we explored some of the excellent local wines (very important, that! And the rich cultural heritage that makes this island so special. The theme each … Continue reading →. 3-28 November, 2015. Hvar is the island of w...
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Culture | Go Hvar
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Ramblings about a far island. Da te mogu pismom zvati – If I could call you with a song. Every so often, a song will haunt me, even if I don’t quite understand the lyrics. Recently it’s been the beautiful song composed by Ivan Badurina, Frane Bilić and Andrej Baša, performed by Klapa Maslina: Da te mogu pismom zvati – If I could call you with a song. Sung first at the Šibenik festival … Continue reading →. Wine-tasting on the north Dalmatian coast part 3: a taste of Benkovac. Following our first afternoo...