An excited Dani Tomić dropped into the laundromat today to introduce his 19-year-old daughter Josephine. Dani is from our hometown, Perth, but several years ago returned to Croatia and setup various enterprises on Brač Island. His excitement was over his daughter’s victory at the World Track Cycling Championships in Poland this week. Though she races [...]

One of our friends, Nik, is a manager with the Croatian Bobsled Team. Their story is similar to that of the Jamaicans from the “Cool Runnings” movie – a group of athletes from a city that rarely gets snow (in this case Split), decide to enter the event. The Croatians first competed in Salt Lake [...]

Our crazy picigin (a type of Dalmatian water-based handball)-playing friend Julio Žuvela (pictured above playing the sport) was mentioned in the Daily Telegraph for a bicycle tour through the Croatian Islands that he leads. The article can be found here. Maybe ‘sport’ is the wrong term for picigin. It is not a competition – more [...]

Miquel Hudin, an American with Croatian heritage, and his wife have completed a handy guide to the wines of Dalmatia and Herzegovina. Hopefully this will lead to a greater appreciation for them, and the local producers will enjoy a little healthy criticism. You can find out how to purchase it here. They also publish an [...]