Ships
The job of many of the men in the Buntjelić family over 150 years ago.
What is a sea captain?
Nona used to say: ‘roll this desert out so you can read a newspaper through it.'
What is strudel?
The family house in Johannesburg was on ‘NAME’ street. Coincidentally this is the same name as one of Nona’s great grandchildren.
What is Alexandra?
This family member was an Olympian in 1936.
Who is Ivo Buratovic?
When a baby cried too loudly at Alexandra Street, Nona calmed him down by making him suck on this “miracle cure.”
What is slivovic?
One of our Buntjelic ancestors, he survived a shipwreck near Montevideo and claimed to escape cannibals.
Who is Luca?
For “stomach cramps,” Nona gave her grandchildren this nut’s liqueur.
What is a walnut?
In this year, Marina moved to the house in La Tronche.
What is 1990?
The firstborn Buratovic sons were always named either ___ or ___.
What is Ivo or Nick?
After 43 years, this book was discovered in the Kućište kitchen
Teta Fila's recipe book
After damaging his rudder, captain Antun needed to be towed to shore. He pretended his crew was relaxed and partying to the sound of this instrument to avoid being extorted by the tugboat.
What is an accordion?
After the family moved to South Africa, this woman kept everyone fed with schnitzels, strudels, and liqueur in Alexandra Street.
Who is Nona?
In this century we have the first record of houses belonging to the Buntjelic family in Kuciste.
What is the 17th century?
Marina studied this degree in Grenoble in 1968.
What is computer science?
Family legend says this enormous sea creature once plugged a hole in a sinking ship, saving Captain Ivo and his crew.
What is a giant fish?
One captain in our family commanded sailing ships first — then switched to these faster, modern ships.
What are steamships
This woman’s recipe book was found hidden in the Kućište house.
Who is Teta Fila?
In this year all the cousins met in Kuciste to run the family-impics.
What is 2016?
This man once held Marina upside down over a toilet saying, “Say I’m handsome or I flush”.
Who is Nick
Tera did this when a sea captain came to propose to her prettier sisters.
What is 'running after him and proposing herself instead'