By Jene Cates As the train rolled out of Vienna, I accidentally took a seat in a first class compartment. Two women were sharing a split of champagne en route to a yoga vacation in Croatia. Within four minutes, the ticket master shooed me to tourist class, but I tucked the details of their little piece of paradise into my pocket. It was time for me to stop, unplug, and get … [Read more...] about A Serendipitous Yoga Vacation in Hvar, Croatia
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A Naked King Starts a Trend in Croatia
By Audra Brianne ITWPA Member Nude sunbathing isn’t for everyone. Hot sun beating down on head-to-toe exposed skin, displaying less than pencil-thin bodies, and sand traveling everywhere. Hard to believe that Croatia’s naturism movement started with a royal sex scandal. In 1936, a soon-to-be-disgraced king vacationing along the Croatian coastline discovered skinny dipping … [Read more...] about A Naked King Starts a Trend in Croatia
An Unexpected Gem in a Land with Countless Treasures
By Jillian Ford-Carver A gallery employee pulls me aside as if to share a well-kept secret. “Take a peek under this dining table; there were buttons installed to call the servants (a preferred alternative to yelling down the hall),” he says. “This is the only room in the villa that looks just as it did when Mestrovic lived here.” The Ivan Mestrovic Gallery had not even … [Read more...] about An Unexpected Gem in a Land with Countless Treasures