Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
• Before going under the arch, look to your left to see a famous Irishman appreciating the
view from the terrace of...
Café Uliks
In October 1904, a young writer named James Joyce moved from Dublin to Pula with his
girlfriend, Nora Barnacle. By day, he taught English to Austro-Hungarian naval officers at
the Berlitz language school (in the yellow building nearby). By night, he imagined strolling
through his hometown as he penned short stories that would eventually become the collec-
tion
Dubliners
.ButJamesandNoraquicklygrewboredwithlittlePulaandmovedtoTrieste
in March 1905. Even so, Pula remains proud of its literary connections.
