Aska and the Wolf

24/07/2025

We started our business with this quote by James Baldwin. We still live by this quote. “The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” We will keep the website open and will try to write there and update the blog. If you are our kind of people we will see each other on the other side. 🍉

05/07/2025

Fjaka time

29/04/2025

Let our home be your rest.

Few weeks are still open for bookings in June, July and end of September. If we are too expensive for you but you’re our kind of people (conscious, peaceful, vegan/vegetarian, kind and humble, non-pretentious human animal, respectful for the environment), please let us know in PM. Maybe we can arrange something!

Are you planning to visit us this year?

26/03/2025

Soon we go back to our beautiful home to prepare for the new season and new guests, our friends and family 💫

A curated collection of African décor, thoughtfully sourced in partnership with small artisan groups, bringing the essence of a well-traveled home to you.

Handwoven by the artisans of , the Maravi Pattern Palm Leaves Woven Wall Art honors centuries-old craftsmanship, sustainability, and tradition.

Made in limited quantities, each piece is meticulously woven from sustainably harvested palm leaves using an ancient coil weaving technique—designs you’d otherwise only find by journeying to Africa or investing in costly shipping. 📸:

31/12/2024

Grateful for an extraordinary year

2024 has brought so much transformation! The last two pictures are from this morning’s walk, and they remind me how deeply places can shape people. This island has been a gift, a catalyst for growth and change in unexpected and different directions.

I’ve stopped caring about what the world expects of me: who I should be, what I should show, or what I should achieve. I’ve let go of the noise—endless conversations about greatness, tedious discussions about financial achievements, investments, and snobbishness, the race to keep up with technology, or the pressure to follow fleeting fashion trends.

Instead, I care deeply about the things that truly matter to me: the peace of mind, the purity of the air we breathe, the preservation of our environments, how I treat those around me and the health of the plants and nonhuman animals in my care. The world!

Growing up in the city and living all my life in urban environments, I’ve felt increasingly disconnected from the natural world. The so-called “wealth” of city life—its relentless consumerism and narrow judgments—has become alienating. It’s not good for my mental health neither; it drains my energy and pulls me away from my authentic self.

This realization has been liberating. I’ve discovered that the glossy facade of urban life no longer appeals to me. It doesn’t inspire me anymore. And frankly, it’s no longer sexy.

As we close this chapter of 2024, I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who trusted us with their time, resources, and energy to visit us this year. Your presence has enriched our lives and made this journey even more meaningful.

May the start of 2025 bring you a peaceful mind and good (mental) health. The rest will follow. 🍀

22/06/2024

FJAKA STATE OF MIND
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The Croatian poet Jakša Fiamengo said that fjaka is a specific state of mind and body. “It is like a faint unconsciousness,” he wrote, “a state beyond the self or – if you will – deeply inside the self, a special kind of general immobility, drowsiness and numbness, a weariness and indifference towards all important and ancillary needs, a lethargic stupor and general passivity on the journey to overall nothingness. The sense of time becomes lost, and its very inertness and languor give the impression of a lightweight instant. More precisely: it’s half somewhere and half nowhere, always somehow in between.”

Src:https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180118-dalmatias-fjaka-state-of-mind
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18/06/2024

We have our reasons for adoring this place, but now Lonely Planet has crowned it the top island in Europe! 🌟💙

Europe has an island for you. Here's our guide to the best.

15/06/2024

Dear friends, thank you for sharing and being active in promoting our little homestay. July is already as good as fully booked, for August and September our calendars are still empty (let's hope for some last minute visitors) and from medio September I'm planning a special offer with yoga and stay. What do you think? How does this sound to you?

ps. I also listed our house on Ecobnb just to avoid the terrible big platforms.

pps. you don't have to book via their website but contact me directly or via our own website. Thank you!

Escape to the enchanting island of Korcula this September and October with our exclusive 5-day, 4-night retreat at the authentically designed House of Aska i Vuk, overlooking the breathtaking Adriatic Sea.

14/06/2024

Oh this morning light.
This morning light.
These beautiful
island mornings.

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06/06/2024

We are choosing to avoid Airbnb and Booking due to their involvement in many occupied territories. Instead, we are renting out our house directly through our friends and family network.

So please share our website with anyone who might be interested. 🙏

We have also listed our house on Vegvisits. Has anyone had experience with them?

House of Aska i Vuk offers you an authentic experience of slow living in a unique interior overlooking the Adriatic Sea on the sun-kissed southern side of Korcula.

03/06/2024

You know what?

I am proud. I am proud of us. Of this house.

I’m proud that we could buy it without the help of anyone. That we listened to our gut feelings. That we spent all our money on it that we set aside after selling our Amsterdam apartment. That we have no mortgage on it. That no bloody bank is profiting from us having this small piece of land and this million-dollar view.

I’m not proud of us because we succeeded in a capitalistic dream of owning a place to call our own. NO. I’m proud of us because we secured for ourselves fresh, healthy air, a quiet place, a daily swim in the most beautiful waters, the smell of pine trees daily, a lot of time together, a place where our families can come together and have holidays that they normally couldn’t afford, that we are free to make our days here, that we are physically busy in the garden, that we can lay down on our terrace and watch the stars, that our dog can run in the garden freely, that this house inspires us to be creative, that we don’t see it as a “property” but as a part of our family.

That we still learn patience by building slowly. That we are making mistakes. Learning.

That we have a garden so we could be free to adopt a stray turtle. That I can observe a bat and realize what a little ugly face it has while sleeping in the lamp on our covered terrace.

That on some days, I can stay quiet all day. That on some days we hear only raindrops and the sea.

I am proud of the sea. In our vicinity – the sea!

Proud that we sleep well. That we are not in the rat race. That our home is a healing place. That it gives us distance, a pause. That it slows down the time.

That we are able to design and reform the idea of tourism in the way we imagine it. That we can set up the rules to slow down and soften our visitors. That we can open their eyes to the beauty around us, help them appreciate it, and feel part of this heaven.

That we are proud of how this place is developing. That we are staying humble.

I am also very excited to share with you that you can rent our home from this Summer on. Check out the details in the link in our bio and share it with your friends and family. Thank you.

24/01/2024

January is almost over.
Sungazing. Moongazing.