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Frank on anything…. anecdotes from small towns in Croatia, thoughts on life, and anything that pops up in Frank's mind.

Blogging life

So you want to be a blogger

“So you think we should start a blog“, I asked Vera. We’ve been flirting with the idea of having our own blog for a while. But between the renovation of our old house, my freelance translation business, everyday cooking & houseworks, I haven’t had much time for blogging. We took a road trip to Amsterdam

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ATP Croatia Open Umag - Fan's corner

ATP Croatia Open Umag

ATP Croatia Open Umag, now at its 24th edition, is the oldest and the most popular tennis tournament in Croatia. It is part of ATP World Tour 250 series. ATP Croatia Open Umag takes place in a small resort town of Umag, in north-west Istria. This ATP tournament has always been famous,

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Festival in Croatia: Outlook Festival

Festivals in Croatia 2013

Festivals in Croatia seem to increase in number every year. In the past few years, Croatia is set to become one of the hot party destinations. Frank just thought that there are quiet few festivals in Croatia going on in 2013. He didn’t update you on that fact. Thus the moment has arrived as some

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New Year 2012 in Croatia

Frank decided to tell you a bit about New Year 2012 in Croatia. Not that Frank cares much about that particular day in the year. Unless when it happens in the middle of the week, and Frank can enjoy some time off the work. Than it is nice. But this year it is not the

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Valamar Jazz Festival in Porec

Summer Jazz in Croatia

Our first neighbors are English. One of the thing they asked us after spending their first summer in Croatia was: What is happening with Croatians and the Jazz? This question regarded jazz madness invading Croatian coast every summer. This made me think…. how Croatians moved from Fisherman Parties including free mackerels, cheap wine and folk

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Restaurant Kukuriku in Kastav

Restaurant Week: Mare e Monti by Kukuriku

Restaurant Mare e Monti by Kukuriku was Frank’s last in a row for Restaurant Week 2011. Mare e Monti by Kukuriku in Stella Maris Holiday Village near Umag offered definitely the best food Frank had during the Restaurant Week. And it is the only one where Frank will not go back. Ever. Despite excellent food (Chef, Chapeau!), stunning setting (seafront terrace) and really good wine list.

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Wine Bar Tinja, Pula

Wine Bar Tinja

This wine bar is permanently closed! Wine Bar Tinja was a second in the row during the Restaurant Week. This place, in my opinion, is a real bijou. Located in Sikici, at the outskirts of Pula, the place was extremely hard to find. Equipped with GPS and without a worry, we ended up in the

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Restaurant Le Mandrac, Volosko

Le Mandrac

We started Restaurant Week with a visit to Le Mandrac restaurant in Volosko. Volosko is a small, fishing village close to Opatija. We’ve already written about Konoba Tramerka, another great place to eat in Volosko. Anyway, not being the subject of this post at the moment. I want to share my experience on Le Mandrac

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