While I was spending my summer vacation in Ičići on the Opatija Riviera, I was thrilled to receive a call from my Croatian friend Karin from Rijeka. Karin runs the Gastronaut.hr website and publishes...

Over a century ago, nobles, even kings and emperors, Nobel laureates and artists strolled along here… Gentlemen in hats and ladies with parasols. Everyone wanted to be seen on the Lungomare seaside promenade (also...

If you’re planning a summer trip to Croatia and choose a resort near Opatija, be sure to visit this town, which exudes the charm of the old days of the Austrian monarchy. A seaside...

Marchegg is a small town in Lower Austria. It lies on the Morava River (known as the March in German, hence the name), which forms the border with Slovakia. The town was founded by...

Bavaria is home to hundreds of lakes. They were formed by glaciers and have retained their purity and rare biodiversity to this day. Their shores have witnessed royal dreams and tragedies, monastic silence, trade...

In July 1497, the navigator Vasco da Gama set sail from the port of Lisbon with four sailing ships and the most experienced navigators on a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to...

When you visit the Hofburg in Vienna, the former main residence of the Habsburgs, and turn into the passageway in the courtyard with the statue of Emperor Francis II/I, you will come to the...

As every year before Christmas, I would like to share a Christmas recipe with you. These cookies are called Eisenbahner in German and used to be a traditional Christmas pastry in Austria. Today, you...

Many new apartment buildings were constructed in Vienna in the 1950s and 1960s. One percent of the construction costs was allocated to artwork, which was intended to beautify the simple buildings at least a...

A few years ago, I visited the Chehel Sotun Palace in Isfahan, Iran, and admired the 17th-century paintings on ceramic panels. One of them depicts a meeting between Shah Tahmasp I (right) and the...