… Piran Café
There is no real Piran Café, nor is this one located in Piran, the millennium-old Adriatic seaside city that rests at the tip of a peninsula at the easternmost edge of Slovenia. This one is actually located in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, some 130 kms from Piran. I once seriously considered opening a café in a relatively quiet seaside setting, where I would graciously host weary travelers, underemployed artists and musicians, poets, priests, prisoners and politicians, and other voices of desperate illumination. This will probably be the closest I’ll come.
Based in Ljubljana, I travel quite a bit as a reporter, primarily around Europe. But you won’t find anything remotely related to my professional life here. Cafés are necessary escapes and roadside rest stops. My passions include travel, art, design, innovation, photography, museums, wine and sushi. When they and I cross paths, those are some of the things you’ll find here.
I’ve been to about 40 countries and want to increase that to 140 before all is said and done. Before hitting the road, I like to check how to get to where I’m going as cheaply as possible, and to check out where I am once I’m there –whenever time allows. I’ll share some of that here too. That, and bits and pieces about Ljubljana and Slovenia and the rest of the immediate region.
This won’t be a personal ‘day in the life’ kind of thing. Those blogs aren’t my cup of green tea, and I won’t bore others with such an indulgence. More about me? I was born in Slovenia, but spent virtually all of my life in the US, mainly in Ohio. Choosing to watch George W. Bush’s re-election from afar, I returned to Slovenia permanently in May 2004.
This café went live on 19-December-2006 at 1.34 am. Everything prior to 19-Dec-06 is/will be backdated, when time allows — mainly photographs, travel tidbits, mini-travelogues, some posts from my (3) now-defunct blogs and (4) unfinished manuscripts, and other notes from the road. None of the backdated entries have been/will be changed with the benefit of hindsight. The backdating is simply a chronological reference to some of the places I’ve been, presenting information that I hope will be useful and/or entertaining.
Quick note about images: all the photos here, unless otherwise specified, are my own. Some I like a lot, some not much, while some are simply stock images that populate my flickr page, hoping to one day be used here. Those who wish may use them on their non-commercial blogs, but please include credit (and a link) to Piran Café and drop me a quick note to let me know.
Enjoy, and bring a friend.
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Cool, love what you are doing here on this site and that it is not just chit-chat. I am also trying to do something similar with my site and am from Columbus OH though unfortunately without hereditary roots to this region, though my heart is very much a part of this land and what I aim to do with my site and share this with the world.
May I link to this site? I will come back and read more of your posts when I have time.
Jayman
Saturday, 20 January, 2007 at 19:16
hola.
yesterday friend of mine sent your blog’s link and i love it. loads of interesting information and lovely pictures.
regards from ljubljana
maarja
maarja
Thursday, 1 February, 2007 at 08:22
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Sunday, 9 March, 2008 at 00:44
My mother was born in Rome, however my maternal grandparents are from Pirano, (Piranesi). I also have family living in Trieste and the Veneto region of Italy. I love Pirano. It is breathtaking with it’s spectacular rich Architecture and great Venetian roots.
I’ve been there already three times and plan to return again. My grandparents and other relatives are buried there. I’m so proud of my roots! Here’s to amazing Pirano!
Sandra Lanzetta
Sandra Lanzetta
Friday, 6 March, 2009 at 23:05
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I have a list of my sites here: http://www.migranchile.com/mysites.html
I have been swapping links for while now and have found it very beneficial to search engine rankings for everyone. If you are interested just mail me back and I can show you my sites and hopefully give you some links asap.
Thanks for your time.
Paul
Paul
Tuesday, 13 October, 2009 at 20:19