#bora wind

[aroundtrieste]

Glory daze

A city where cultures, religions and empires once collided longs for its vaunted past. Tara Isabella Burton can’t stay away from Trieste

[moloaudace]

19/03/2019

[150kmh]

[150kmh]

This extraordinary work is a prime example of that contemporary genre, the ex-travel book. Travel writing as such being a bit obsolete now, since so many readers have been everywhere, the form has evolved into something more interpretative or philosophical. Where the Wild Winds Are is a work of this sort – a thoughtful...

[150kmh]

[rissat-disegnat]

Another illustration iinspired by the wind “Bura” (if you've never heard of it - google the images) and the local legends. Bura is born on the top of the mountains Velebit and Dinara, going down into the valleys, the windows and the doors are shut, it makes the waves huge (and often damage), freezes the surface of the sea and can be dangerous on the roads. Or in a few words - if you booked your holidays here while Bura is on the road - bad for you!

As Gabriel García Márquez used to say "Kada bura puše ponistre se zatvoru, ne moreš se kupat par dani u moru, ma nimaš kaj vanka delat samo tužno črez okno blejat"