Hello and many thanks for visiting. Please note that Piran Café, which has occupied this space on the web from 2006 to 2018, is no longer being updated. Many of the most popular posts – and personal favorites, have been, or are in the process of being moved to BobRamsak.com. You’re most welcome, and indeed encouraged,… Continue reading A quick hello, before a formal goodbye
Athlete Refugee Dominic Lokinyomo: ‘I want to be the first refugee to get a medal’
Dominic Lokinyomo was eight when his family fled the violence of Sudan’s civil war, and not yet nine when they were separated. To help dull the pain of that separation, he took up sport and began to run. That early passion eventually landed him at the UNHCR KENYA-sponsored Tegla Loroupe Training Camp for Athlete Refugees… Continue reading Athlete Refugee Dominic Lokinyomo: ‘I want to be the first refugee to get a medal’
Ten Discoveries from the 21st Slovenian Wine Festival
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Tune du Jour: David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ by the Detroit School of Arts Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Even better than the original.
12 photos from the Inaugural Festival of Slovenian Cheeses
This post has moved to BobRamsak.com. It’s even tastier there.
95 Minutes at Lagos Airport
Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, 06 August 2018.
Ifeanyi Okowa – Seven Portraits
Here are seven shots of Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor of Nigeria’s southern Delta State, taken during a ceremony at the Government House in the state capital Asaba. Okowa, 59 (born 1959), a trained medical doctor, has served as governor of Delta State since early 2015. Asaba, Nigeria, 1 August 2018
On the Eve of the African Athletics Championships
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In Transit: Lagos to Asaba
This post has moved to BobRamsak.com. It’s a permanent transit.
In Transit: Istanbul to Lagos
This post has moved to BobRamsak.com. It’s a one-way transit.
Vienna to Tampere
From Vienna to Tampere, Finland. 09-Jul-2018
Closed for the season.
Piran Café will reopen in the European fall, refreshed, with a new look, bigger and probably even better. See you then.
Five Photos of Slovenian Beehives
Last Sunday 20 May was World Bee Day, celebrated globally for the first time after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2017 to mark the holiday, one first proposed by Slovenia. From the UN Food and Agriculture (UNFAO) website: Observing World Bee Day on 20 May each year will draw attention to… Continue reading Five Photos of Slovenian Beehives
Five Photos of Graça Machel
A mini gallery of an African human rights warrior and icon.
With Gandhi in Geneva
I spent a few minutes chatting with Gandhi today. He wasn’t in a particularly good mood.
Human Rights poster series in Geneva marks 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Images of 13 posters on display near the UN headquarters in Geneva.
11 Photos from a Palestine Solidarity Rally in Geneva
International condemnation of last week’s massacre in Gaza by Israeli Defense Forces continues. Images from a rally on May 19, 2018.
Fifty Images from ‘Exile’, a Magnum exhibit chronicling migration over the last 70 years
A riveting study of what displacement has meant, been and wrought over the past 70 years.
Haile Gebrselassie and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Inaugurate WHO’s ‘Walk the Talk’ Challenge in Geneva
In Geneva with one of the greats.
On the Road: Vinistra Wine Fair, Poreč, Croatia
I’ll be bopping about various corners of Croatia’s Istrian peninsula for the next several days, focusing mainly on the VinIstra Wine Fair in Poreč, which this weekend is celebrating its 25th edition. A report and/or several tasting notes will follow over the next few weeks; in the meantime follow along on my Facebook page and… Continue reading On the Road: Vinistra Wine Fair, Poreč, Croatia