Exploring Croatia With Darka

March (ožujak) We are in March. It is this month of my calendar that tells a special story of intrigue, whispers, about a travel writer who came to Split quite by accident and wrote down an incident. Costantini, this travel writer, thus becomes the forerunner of storytelling, with which I present the city through one character, through the character of Marko Marulić. This month, or the point of my interpretive thematic walk, is even more interesting in that there we have a link to the presentation of UNESCO's Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage. Namely, our walk takes us through an area that belongs to the material heritage of UNESCO, which is unique and a particular architectural, historical and cultural ensemble. And here, at the western gate, I tell the story of our travel writer who bought an article and linked it to our Marko Marulić. I relate this story of Costantini with the poet's voyage to the island of Šolta where he writes epistles to friends and invites them t...

Advent together - Darka Walks With Marko in Split - it is time to have it in English  During the Advent season, as part of the Split Tourist Board campaign - Click on Culture, I presented my interpretative thematic walk  in Split and I organised a quiz through four Advent weeks. After each quiz, I posed three questions, and the prize for the answered questions was a calendar that I made just for that purpose. The calendar is conceived according to the points from my interpretative walk, so that all those who won the price will be able to spend the time together with our Marko Marulić throughout the year. As soon as I finished the calendar, I was on a small trip from Split to Zagreb, so that my thematic walk, as well as the Advent action and the calendar itself, could be presented outside of Split. In Zagreb I wrote: “Today I was walking along the Zagreb streets and as I had my " freshly made Marko” in hand, the calendar I made, and I wanted to share it with dear friends I have...