Hello & welcome. I'm Bob Ramsak, a reporter, photographer and blogger driven by a lust for travel, wine, culture and justice. I have a goal to visit all 195 countries recognized by the UN and then open a small cafe and wine bar in a quiet seaside setting.
Piran Café is that destination.
In the meantime, Piran Café, occupying this space on the web since 2006, is my notebook, an ever-evolving collection of experiences, moments, images, reactions and vignettes, both long-form and short, connected and propelled by those primary passions and published here to inform, inspire, entertain and engage.
Thank you for visiting. Hope to see you tomorrow, too.
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John Malkovich reads ‘Report on the Blind’ from Ernesto Sabato’s…
So after watching John Malkovich from afar for nearly thirty years, our paths finally crossed here in Ljubljana…
Slovenia Ljubljana
And a brief introduction to Alma Karlin, Slovenia's most renowned female traveler of the early years of the 20th century.
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A Visit to the Planet’s Oldest Grapevine
It’s survived phylloxera, two world wars, countless occupations and invasions, Napoleon, the Ottomans and allied…
Karst Teran Vineyards, Slovenia
With dandelions taking temporary command.
A lonely footbridge at Ljubljana Moors Regional Park, Slovenia, snapped the same day I was trying to chase wildlife in Europe's southernmost wetland. ~~ For the record, today's Pic du Jour, the site's 1,145th straight, was snapped on 17 February 2017. Share!
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33 Seconds at Slovenia’s Lake Cerknica
A visit to one of Europe's largest intermittent lakes.
Chasing Wildlife in the Ljubljana Moors
Hanging out with Great White Egrets and a herd of Roe Deer.
