Two preppies get kooky in Korčula, Croatia
Korčula by Vasko Lipovac at our Hotel Liburna.
A few tidbits about Croatia:
- Croatia has 1246 islands.
- The White House was built of marble brought from the island of Brac.
- Marco Polo purportedly was born on Korcula Island in the 13th century.
- It’s the home of the necktie, which began as the kravata (cravat to the French), the famous tie worn by Croatian soldiers in the 17th century.
- Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), who advanced the theory of alternating current and wireless communication, is Croatian.
- Slavoljub Penkala (1871-1922) invented the first mechanical pencil as well as the fountain pen.
- James Joyce taught English in northern Croatia—Pula—in 1904-1905. Word has it that he taught badly.
- Agatha Christie spent the honeymoon of her second marriage in Dubrovnik and Split. She set Murder on the Orient Express on the segment from Zagreb to Istanbul.
- (from: roadworks books.wordpress.com)
KORČULA has a legendary past, deemed by many as Marco Polo's birthplace and before that as home to one of the Homeric heroes.
I discover an art gallery with wonderful work - painting, ceramics, and jewellery made of aluminium, wood and collaged, used fish-tins. I buy some gifts for those at home - Alex & Tari, Tanya & Tim, Lyndal & Brendan, Nick & Kym.
A lovely couple have been running their gallery for 15 years.
I love this artist's fishy creations.
Moody Korčula Bay.
Lovely, limpid, lake-like lustre.
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