These men were highly effective fighting machines, well trained and drilled to the maximum. The Roman soldier did not just fight they also built roads, bridges, even cities. To face everything on their

Image source So I was a little off the grid for a while, the tourist season started here in the Adriatic. For those of you how do not follow me, I am from Croatia and I work as a tourist guide. That is

The parachute a modern invention one would think, probably when the first airplanes occurred. Well, that is true to some extent modern parachutes were used to keep the crew of airplanes safe. But why would

There are probably a few people in the world that have not heard the story of the legendary King Arthur of Camelot, his wife Guinevere, the wizard Merlin and his knights of the roundtable. This story has

Image source. Everybody knows what a Saber it is a sort of sword or a handheld weapon from ages ago. Used throughout history by many armies, everybody knows of the saber as a pirate weapon. Captain Jack

As got really good feedback on my series on underwater archaeology in the Croatian part of the Adriatic I decided to continue and showcase some more finds from the sea. The Adriatic sea is full of underwater

Yes, it is cheese with maggots in it, I can eat almost everything but I am not sure this is on my list. If some of have eaten it please let me know in the comments below. So Maggot cheese does not sound

Welcome back to the last part #4 of the Saint Paul underwater archaeology series. This will be the last part of the shipwreck near Mljet island. I have received great feedback on this series and I will

Image source I read I article a few days ago and it was about the most stressful jobs in the world today. Among the listings were jobs like flight controller, a heart surgeon, pilots, policemen/woman,

Hello, everyone, I am back with a new episode of my Underwater archaeology series. Before I start just a few words I have reached 200 + followers and it is a personal milestone for me, great feeling I

I reached 200 followers and I hope when I post this the number will still be 200 😁 For some of you, it is probably not a big deal but it is a milestone for me. I want to thank everyone how helped me to

There is a Bank in Italy that does their business in cheese and it is a multi-million dollar business called Credito Emiliano. Yes, I said cheese and not just any cheese the bank only works with Parmigiano

Here I am back with part #2 of the St. Paul shipwreck if you read this posts for the first time here is a quick recap. I am from Croatia and I am an archaeologist who is currently working as a tourist

There are all sorts of cheeses and they are produced all over the World. Cheese can be cheap and expensive good and bad. One of the most expensive cheeses is made of donkey milk, and yes you read right.

The Adriatic sea an endless treasure box for Archeologist and such alike especially the eastern Croatian coastline. There is an endless number of shipwrecks in the Adriatic dating from prehistory to modern

Image source Hello, peoples long time no see and here I am again with another one in the series of exploring Croatia traveling the country and learning a thing or two about the money we use here. So I

Image source What is he saying Tempura is not Japanese 😱 the fried beloved food dipped in soy sauce it could not be more Japanese it must be a lie. Well, it originated from Portugal, to be honest, and

Here I am again with part 7 of my travel series we are still around on the Krka river in beautiful Dalmatia. It is winter time as you all well know but the winters here in the Mediterranean are bearable

Welcome back everyone to part #6 of my travels up the Krka river situated here in Dalmatia. For those of you tuning in for the first time, there are more of these posts the last one of a huge waterfall

New cover photo. And here I am back with another one of my Around and about series, for those of you who are longtime readers 😁 you will notice a few new things in the post. First I made a cover photo