“Then the mountains rise again, in the country of the Iapodes, and are called Albian. In like manner, also, there is a pass which leads over Ocra from Tergeste, a Carnic village, to a marsh called Lougeon. Near Nauportus there is a river, the Corcoras, which receives the cargoes. Now this river empties into the … Read more
Urban kite aerial photography is hard (except for István, but he’s different), and while we’ve tried to lift our kite within Ljubljana proper a lot of times, we can claim only one partial success (besides, flying in the open Tivoli park doesn’t really count as urban KAP). A city just isn’t made for serious kite … Read more
Sometimes it’s frustrating. The days are shorter and there are few hours of light. The good (suitable, never mind ‘good’) KAP targets are scarce and far from home. The weather is bleak and wet and cold. So we tend to fall back to our, shall we say, ‘regular’ places, where we can be sure that … Read more
Castles are epitomes of History. They are almost eternal, defying the ravages of centuries, standing tall and seemingly timeless. Seemingly. For castles are ephemeral. Fleeting. More like a dandelion puffball than a slab of granite. This is the story of two of them. One a castle proper, a Medieval fortress; the other an exquisite manor, … Read more
Here’s an 18th century church … … that replaced an older church inside a 16th century tabor, a fortified place used as a refugium during the Ottoman incursions … … that was made from the remains of a 14th century castle … … that was built on the foundations of a 4th century Roman fortification … Read more
. Funny. These views shot with a camera attached to a kite are pretty much exactly like what our hearts see – and feel – when we stroll around this amazing place. . The island itself is at first sight deceptively unremarkable. Deceptively. Once there you realize immediately why the noble families of Šibenik – … Read more
“No.”Antonia, when we asked her to call us a boat taxi so we could go home Oh Prvić, the Island at the End of Summer, protected by mysterious powers of both Prvin the God of Spring, and the Ministry of Culture of Croatia – what song shall we sing you this time? The island is … Read more
It was – tough. From the very beginning. Roberto said that unspecified consequences shall befell us if we don’t show up at his festival. Then the weather went all crazy with incessant rain and, for the first half of September, clearly illegal temperatures. Then the weather kinda backed off (it was still way too cold; … Read more
“È Hong Kong!”– the Mayor of Urbino So … in Part One of our sidekicks story we told you all about the international kite festival at Parco de Cesane above Urbino the Renaissance wonder, and promised you a bunch of interesting stories behind one of the most unique kite festivals in the world: Festa dell’Aquilone. … Read more
“No, no, put the kite down …”– Patrizio, at the height of the kite festival in Urbino Imagine a kite festival – an international kite festival! – where kite flyers – international kite flyers! – play the second fiddle … if that. Where in the middle of the second day of the festival (usually the … Read more