Monthly Archives: March 2019

BERAT The Historic Centre of Berat is a World Heritage Site occupying the top of the mountain east of the modern city. It is a fortified castle presently with an active medieval village with tiny medieval lanes on the east … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Slovenia – Eastern (Maribor, Celje, Novo Mesto, Postojna) DO AUSTRIA ZAGREB AREA Tentative WHS: Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (25/11/2015) Sights: Logar Valley Landscape Park Postojna Cave Predjama Castle Islands: Kostanjevica na Krki Borders: Austria-Slovenia Croatia-Slovenia … Continue reading →

Croatia General  Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Croatia Intercity Railway Experience Experiences: Participate in maškare  Play/hear tamburica  Taste brodet NOMAD MANIA Croatia – Slavonia and Baranja (Osijek, Sisak, Bjelovar) Tentative WHS: Frontiers of the Roman Empire Croatian Limes (01/02/2005)  Historical-Town … Continue reading →

Croatia – Dalmatia (Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Knin, Brač, Hvar, Makarska) March 24, 2019 ZADAR Oštri Rat Lighthouse (Puntamika Lanterna). At the far north end of Zadar, this small (~20m high) round, stone lighthouse has a spiral staircase on the outside. It … Continue reading →

Croatia General  Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Croatia Intercity Railway Experience Experiences: Participate in maškare  Play/hear tamburica  Taste brodet NOMAD MANIA Croatia – Central, Međimurje (Zagreb, Karlovac, Lika-Senj) World Heritage Sites: Plitvice Lakes National Park Tentative WHS: Burg – Castle of … Continue reading →

Croatia – Istra and Primorje (Rijeka, Pula, Krk, Pag) March 22 Tips for Croatia. 1. Currency. Croatian kuna HRK. At the end of March 2019: 1€ = 7.38 kn; 1US = 6.53 kn; 1 Canadian = 4.87kn After making sure … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Slovenia – Eastern (Maribor, Celje, Novo Mesto, Postojna) Tentative WHS: Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (25/11/2015) Sights: Logar Valley Landscape Park Postojna Cave Predjama Castle Islands: Kostanjevica na Krki Borders: Austria-Slovenia Croatia-Slovenia Hungary-Slovenia XL: Bad Radkersburg/Gornja … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Slovenia – General  Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Bohinj Vogel Cable Car Nova Gorica to Jesenice Slovenia Railway Experience Velika Planina Cablecar Experiences: Taste Ajdovi žganci NOMAD MANIA Slovenia – Western (Ljubljana, Bled, Kranj, Koper, Piran) World Heritage … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Greece – North Aegean islands (Lemnos, Lesbos, Samos, Chios) World Heritage Sites: Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos Tentative WHS: Ancient Towers of the Aegean Sea (16/01/2014) Late Medieval … Continue reading →

NOMAD MANIA Greece – Dodecanese Islands (Rhodes, Kos, Patmos) World Heritage Sites: Medieval City of Rhodes The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos Tentative WHS: … Continue reading →