The moments between the noise: looking back on Zagreb

I have never stayed in a city like Zagreb before. The majority of the surrounding area, even what I would call the walkable part, felt almost suburban – plenty to do, but not terribly dense, pleasant to walk in, easy to drive around. The true city part of the city was quite small. Despite that, it managed […]

A monster in the sunlight: compromising with anxiety

Describing Croatia to a friend recently, I said that it’s the kind of country where, if this were the 50s and I were the son of a wealthy capitalist, I could imagine holing up for a year or two, coming back tanned, snooty about wine, carrying the dog-eared manuscript of my first poorly-written novel. Even […]