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Marettimo 2019

Last year's favorites, V

April 26, 2020

Even though my Last Year’s Favorites is an annual post that I intended to write at the beginning of each year, last year saw it in February- now, it’s April, but this kind of post seems more convenient than ever.

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Tags Val Gardena, Isolation, Isolation inspiration, movie recommendations, movie list, book recommendations, books for isolation, London travel, Ottolenghi Belgravia, Mitosaya, Japan, Naeme Chiba, Mitosaya distillery, Muji, Muji Hotel Ginza, Muji Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Yanaka, Yanaka Kenshindo, Yanaka Matsunoya, Yanaka Kyoei, Visnjan, Istria, Basel, Marettimo, Sicily, Trieste, Colm Toibin, William Trevor, Laurie Lee, Cees Nooteboom, Branko Copic, Amos Oz, Elena Ferrante, Rosa Liksom, Kyotaro Nishimura, Nastja Kulovic, Monachus, Monachus distillery, Yoga with Tim, sailing, cocktails, Dior Sakura, Zvonimir cipele, Yanaka Warakuya, Moku Linen, La Soufflerie, Not Perfect Linen, Delikatessen, Sea of Shadows, Honeyland, Styx movie, Song of the Sea, The Second Mother, Butterflies, Il colore nascosto delle cose, Wild Target, Stefan Zweig Farewell to Europe, La Belle Noiseuse, Johhny Stecchino, Joker, Mayra Andrade, Yann Tiersen, Richard Bona, garlic knots, orange jam, organic orange jam, mandarinet, lifestyle
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A year in review, The Mint Story

Last year's favorites, IV

January 23, 2019

As the time for my annual Last year’s favorites post came, I realized that this blog will be celebrating its 4th birthday in February!

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Tags lifestyle, movie recommendations, book recommendations, books to inspire travel, a year in review, Istria, Trieste, Badenweiler, Staufen, Eguisheim, Val di Fassa, Marettimo, blog recommendations, Cres island, Olimje, Torino, Turin, Al Bicerin Turin, Velebit
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The view of Oprtalj

Secret Istria: Oprtalj and Zavrsje

September 10, 2018

We've been wanting to visit Oprtalj in the northern part of the region ever since our Istrian friends that live abroad told us they like to spend a couple of days there each summer, just relaxing, enjoying the views and eating truffle pasta of course. They also told us of a little abandoned, almost forgotten town of Zavrsje, about 10 minutes drive from Oprtalj.

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Tags Croatia, Istria, Oprtalj, Zavrsje, Istria travel, Istria day trip, Istria day trips, Istria travel guide, central Istria
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Dinner at Batelina, Istria

Local's guide to Istria's best restaurants (and one ice cream shop)

August 28, 2018

As a big fan of Istrian cuisine, I've been wanting to share my favorite places to eat in Istria for quite some time. Istrian cuisine is my favorite in Croatia- there's fish, there's meat, there's quality olive oil, there are truffles!, there's pasta and there's cheese, so what's not to love?

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Tags Istria, Istrian cuisine, Istrian restaurants, Istrian food, Konoba Malo Selo, Konoba Batelina, Pizzeria Peron 2, Gelateria Italia, Konoba Puli Pineta, Trattoria Vodnjanka, Konoba Barba Danilo, Restaurant La Parenzana, Konoba Stari Podrum, Konoba Kotlic, Croatia
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Last year's favorites, III

February 5, 2018

t has become a tradition on this blog to write one long post at the beginning of each year, about all the things I loved in the previous year, and I'm keeping with it. It is a lovely tradition. I am so excited with the idea of sharing things I love (things being a bit clumsy word for all the travels, music, artists, books, moments, foods) that it had occurred to me more than once doing it as a monthly post, but it hasn't happened yet. There is such a long list of past travel stories waiting to be told, photos waiting to be published. For now, let me share with you my favorite things and snippets from 2017.

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Tags favorites, Istria, travel blog, lifestyle, the mint story
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