Art By Tali Landsman

A short clip of a boatman listening to ABBA in Zadar: A short clip of the sound of the Sea Organ in Zadar: A short clip of sunny Zadar: Music In Zadar, Croatia Years from now, if you were to ask me what I remembered most about my time in Zadar, I would say it was the music. Music has a subtle quality that transcends time and space. Music can carry you into the past with the sound of just a few notes, and flood your heart with memories. Zadar is an old city with a vast marina that stretches all the way from the walls of the old town in the city center, to the suburbs to the north and south. In Zadar, we rented a spacious apartment north of the city, and walked along the marina and beaches to the old town center. Huge gates decorated with lions mark the entrance to the old city. Many of the old Roman era walls still stand, and are in perfect condition. Inside the old walls, the center is a maze of streets, full of ice cream shops, pizzerias, res...

Roman Ruins in Pula and Upscale Resorts in Opatija, Croatia  From Porec, we drove around the Istrian Peninsula. First we headed inland, away from the sea, and saw some of this lush agricultural region.   The hills were covered in olive trees, apples and forests, in which the locals collect truffles. The many roadside stands sell bottles of olive oil, garden fruit and truffle products like truffle paste, truffle oils, dried truffles and preserved truffles. From the interior, we drove south to the old town of Pula. Pula is famous for having the best preserved ancient Roman coliseum in the world. All the walls and all the gate towers are original, and still in perfect shape. The thick stones that make those walls are placed in perfect arches and have proven to be impervious to the weather, earthquakes and the salt from the sea. We parked on one of the back streets of the city, and there we saw, for the first time, signs of poverty that we had not seen in all of our t...

Fishermen's fridges in the marina in Piran Slovenia  Piran and Portoroz Slovenia: Porec Croatia: Piran and Portoroz on the Slovenian Riviera, and the old town in Porec, Croatia  Our final destination in Slovenia was along the coast of the Adriatic Sea, the picturesque town of Piran. Piran's old town has a small fishing port and narrow cobblestone streets lined with  gothic and Venetian architecture. There are lots of beach goers from all over Europe who come to Piran to swim, eat the Adriatic seafood, wander the narrow streets, and enjoy a beach vacation. There are no sandy beaches in Piran, so people sit on concrete slabs on top of the rocks, that were created instead of beaches. There are also many cafes and restaurants along the coast in which people sit, unless the seawall is unable to stop the strong waves from spraying seawater all over the boardwalk. We rented an apartment in an old building in the middle of the small town. Below us was a small vegetable ...