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Andrea Seifert
Aug 28, 20173 min read
Wine House Jana - a Slavonian flair on Plešivica
He paints, makes wine, cooks Slavonian foods, prepares peka, and is in love with Plešivica. All of this is one man, Mr Martin Petrović,...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 28, 20173 min read
Mladina - the crown of Plešivica sparkling wines
A bit older generations in Zagreb would remember well the day outs in Mladina and Plešivica Wine Road. Mladina carries the name of a good...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 26, 20174 min read
Old traditions of Jastrebarsko and Sveta Jana
Once upon a time, the Jastrebarsko and Sveta Jana region was a place of castles, forts, and curias. There were churches surrounded by...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 26, 20172 min read
Sirovica Wines - How to be In?
On the eastern slopes of Plešivica is Lokošin Dol. The place is maybe not easy to find, but once there one cannot miss the Stjepan...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 19, 20175 min read
Sveti Nikola - Enchanting place with superb culinary imagination
If you have a yacht, you can park it right opposite the restaurant Sveti Nikola (St. Nicholas) on the Poreč's strand, and you might even...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 15, 20176 min read
Kanfanar - Place of Istrian Ox and Fuži
We’ve divided our job. Edvard is driving, Matija is looking on the right side, and Vedran on the left. Hawk's eyes permeate the...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 13, 20172 min read
Awarded Cheeses from OPG Mrvoš
No, the milk doesn’t come from the supermarket. And no, the cows are not white-purple as Milka shows it. And yes, these are mostly the...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 10, 20173 min read
Ročka konoba - on source of Glagolitic script and Celtic druids
The lazy stretch of domestic cats, a few rattles in the tower of the rocks church and unreal peace and quiet surround the heart of the...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 7, 20173 min read
Lunika - The Unique Wines of Kanfanar
A soft breeze mildens the hot sun in Istria. It is almost noon and we are following Mr Daniel Bastijančić in his vineyard in the village...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 5, 20173 min read
Katalyma - Enjoyable inn for Istrian cuisine
Once upon a time, there was a pregnant lady, ready to give a birth. She was travelling and couldn’t find a place in an inn. Thus, she...
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Andrea Seifert
Aug 4, 20172 min read
Istraorganic - Immortal gifts of nature
We were sitting in the centre of Kanfanar, reading the tourist prospect about this small Istrian place. Suddenly we found a small leaflet...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 31, 20174 min read
Simple and fresh, but divine - Dining in the Restaurant Johnson
In 1996 Mr Dragan Jurdana decided it is time to approach the guests with a direct offer „from sea to the table“. Simple, original and...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 30, 20173 min read
Vrbovsko - Place filled with wild romance
Right half way between Zagreb and Rijeka lies Vrbovsko, the second biggest town of Gorski Kotar, the Croatian highland region. It is a...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 28, 20172 min read
From Kitchens to Pumpkins - OPG Kate and Master Gani's Paradise
A bee jumps all over the table, trying to take a sip from elderflower juice beautifully prepared by Mr Gani Ramadani, the charismatic...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 27, 20174 min read
Visit to the monastery Gomirje
The sun pushes its rays through the evergreen trees and makes a beautiful backdrop of crystal blue sky and equally perfect snow. Peace...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 27, 20173 min read
Kamačnik - Fresh Trouts in the Gorge
We were driving down from the centre of Vrbovsko, always sharply descending all the way to the railway station. Then, next to the wood...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 26, 20175 min read
Žminj - In the Centre of Istria
All paths lead to Žminj. No, it is not a cliché used by so many towns in the world: indeed, if you want to travel from the largest city...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 26, 20173 min read
Hearty Istrian Cuisine in the Tavern Žminjka
When you see a fully packed restaurant terrace and waiters that give you a smile while they engage their warp drive to serve all the...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 4, 20173 min read
Festival of Žlahtina in Vrbnik
The old sommeliers of Vinodol and Krk called this wine žlahtno, meaning noble. A sip of straw-yellow and fresh delight is a definite...
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Andrea Seifert
Jul 3, 20174 min read
Gospoja - Lady of Žlahtina
We didn’t know what’s for lunch. Driving through the little settlements (like Kras) to reach the clifftop town of Vrbnik on the eastern...
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