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A European tasting plate
Mark Eggleton It’s almost midnight and I’m staring at a mostly dark Mediterranean.
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Waltz in Archduke Ferdinand’s foootsteps
Amy Hughes Just two hours’ drive from Slovenia’s capital city, Ljubljana, lays Portoroz (port of roses), set against the Adriatic on one side, the Istrian countryside on the other. It’s a tiny little town that attracts mostly Italians unaffected by the recession. The Italian border is less than 20 miles, (Venice just two hours away) and Portoroz is known for its spa culture. Members of the Austro-Hungarian aristocracy and military officers flocked here from the 13th century for its therapeutic baths. Benedictine monks used seaweed and the local salt, sold in specialty shops today, to ease the stresses of medieval life.
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Wedding crasher
Standing on the cracked tile and concrete of the Tulip Rose hotel’s weed covered terrace I can hear Indian dancebeats being pumped into the night.
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