C - 19 : Pandemics and Migration
Over the last few days, several of you asked me about the origin of the Croatian people. Where did they come? How did they get to...
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hbanziger
Jul 5, 20192 min read
C - 20 : Josip's Toys
For most of you, the name Josip Broz Tito still rings a bell. Indeed, he was the Croatian Partisan Leader the Nazi Germans never managed...
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hbanziger
Jul 3, 20192 min read
C - 21: Dalmatia in Seven Dishes
Food is such a wonderful expression of culture. I do not know of any other cultural achievement that touches so many senses. We can smell...
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hbanziger
Jul 1, 20194 min read
C - 22 : Memories of Languages
When sailing up the Dalmatian coast we will hear the cacophony of tourist chatter but only one domestic language: Croatian. Architectural...
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hbanziger
Jun 30, 20192 min read
C - 23 : A Fabulous Greek Legacy
Sailing from Montenegro to Croatia will get us close to a Greek legacy which is most enjoyable - Wine - provided you do not consume too...
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hbanziger
Jun 29, 20194 min read
C - 24 : Alternative History
Can anyone guess how the following three pictures are related to each other? Mone Lisa from Leonardo da Vinci The town of Herceg Novi The...
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hbanziger
Jun 29, 20192 min read
C - 25 : A Fjord in Montenegro?
When sailing into the Bay of Kotor, you will be surprised by the landscape you find. All the reference reading tells us that we are...
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hbanziger
Jun 28, 20193 min read
C - 26 : Yugoslav Civil War 1991 - 2001
The older amongst you may remember the civil war in Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001 which followed the break-up of the republic after the...
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hbanziger
Jun 27, 20194 min read
C - 27 : Asymmetric Warfare in the Adriatic
On C + 4 the Dragonfly, our sailboat, will reach Ulcinj in Montenegro, the (in)famous pirates' nest. It was a thorn in the flesh of the...
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hbanziger
Jun 26, 20192 min read
C - 28 : The Time before Albania
Long before Albania became an independent Kingdom in 1912, there was Albania Veneta, a geographical term, which the Serene Republic used...
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hbanziger
Jun 25, 20193 min read
C - 29 : Between two Capitals - Via Appia - Adriatic - Via Egnatia
Since Venetian times we look at the Adriatic as a north - south axis on which precious goods from Asia and the Middle East are shipped to...
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hbanziger
Jun 24, 20193 min read
C - 30 : Where are the Albanians from?
Two decades ago, when I met for the first time Albanian people in their national costumes, I believed they must be closely related to...
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hbanziger
Jun 22, 20192 min read
C - 31 : Albanian Cuisine
Hi Everyone - back again with my daily blog on relevant and not so relevant stories and anecdotes for this year's sailing from Corfu to...
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