Posted in croatia, notes, zagreb on January 26, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Drilling sounds and yellow cranes are becoming an all too familiar sight across Zagreb. Pausing along the promenade encircling the old town, standing over the city, I trace the multiple changes taking place.
The inner city is terracotta rooftops and baroque domes. But further out it’s only glass and concrete. Even from here I can see [...]
Posted in croatia, snapshots on November 21, 2009 | 18 Comments »
I’m standing on the balcony. It’s cold and the trees are bare. For the first time in months I can see the homes on the other side of the hill. I sniff. I shiver. I take a sip of coffee. My mind wanders back to summer.
We pulled over to an excuse of a shoulder along [...]
Posted in croatia, snapshots on October 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I remember driving into Zagreb the first time. It was a cold January morning. The city looked pale. I followed a set of twin spires, Zagreb’s main cathedral, the taxi driver said, all the way from the centre of the city to the apartment we’d rented. The spires were hidden beneath layers of scaffolding; ugly [...]
Posted in croatia, snapshots on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted in croatia, published on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The car gently rolls along an endless collection of hills, brushing past vineyards, olive farms, and dainty, terra cotta roof tiled homes; it’s lunch time and most are gathered around wooden tables under a canopy of greenery. The bottles of olive oil glisten under the sun and my parched throat can almost taste the home [...]
Posted in croatia, landmarks, zagreb on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As a kid I always went vegetable shopping with my mum. It was a glorious Saturday ritual. We’d leave the car outside Lusaka’s vegetable market and venture into the green alleyways. She’d carry two huge brown baskets, one in each hand, I’d carry a smaller one, and we’d cover all the stalls one by one. [...]
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