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Laundry Dubrovnik

4 Reviews This is typical Mediterranean habbit, drying cloths outdoors at the fresh air. Shouldn't be too sunny but also not too windy and then it's ideal for fast drying. Fresh and slightly salted air gives to...

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Outdoor life Split

6 Reviews The old core of Split is a network of short and narrow streets, very typical for all Mediterranean city structures raised in the medieval times. It is attractive for most of the tourists especially if...

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Walking Plitvicka Jezera National Park

8 Reviews The natural barriere in between Kaludjerovac and Novakovica brod lakes is covered by the wooden path. There are no artificial materials in the park at all, everything you see around is provided and...

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Local food Split

3 Reviews Split has a local beverage that can be found in many of the cafes and restaurants around town. It's called "Pipi" and has a cute little blonde with pigtails on the front. It's absolutely delicious,...

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Taking a rest Plitvicka Jezera National Park

3 Reviews There are two options the get the area of the Upper Lakes; at the natural barriere in between lakes of Milanovac and Kozjak you can turn right to get there by the boat tour, or you can turn right to...

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Local Sports Supporters Split

2 Reviews This is the Croatian name for the inhabitants of Split. They are well known for the gregarious nature, love of singing, good food and drink and particularly for their devotion to sport. The local...

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Sveti Duje - Patron saint Split

1 Review There are four pillars by which the city of Split is known: Saint Duje, Marjan hill, Hajduk football club and Free Dalmatia newspaper. Saint Duje is the protector of the City, he was Solin bishop,...

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Picigin Split

1 Review Picigin (pronounced "pizzighin") is a popular game played on beaches. It involves several players passing around a small ball and keeping it in the air and out of the water for as long as possible. As...

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Language Help

by blint

I realised numbers were a very important thing to know. For even if you could ask how much something cost ( Koliko kosta -pronounced koshta) it was useless if you couldn't understand the answer.Numbers - Brojevi 0 zero - nula1 one - jedan(masc), jednaFem, jedno (nt)2 two - dva(masc), dvije (fem/nt) (dveeye)3 three - tri4 four - cetiri (chetiri)5 five - pet6 six - sest (shest)7 seven - sedam8 eight - osam9 nine - devet10 ten - deset11 eleven - jedanaest12 twelve - dvanaest13 thirteen - trinaest14 fourteen - cetrnaest (chetrnnaest)15 fiftheen - petnaest16 sixteen - sesnaest (shesnaest) 17 seventeen - sedamnaest18 eighteen - osamnaest19 nineteen - devetnaest20 twenty - dvadeset30 thirty - trideset40 forty - cetrdeset (chetrdeset)50 fifty - pedeset60 sixty - sezdeset70 seventy - sedamdeset80 eighty - osamdeset90 ninety - devedeset100 a hundred - sto102 one hundred and two - sto dva500 five...

Worshipping of War Crime Criminals

by Emine_Yilmaz

Although travelling through Croatia is a nice thing to do, the Croatians seem to have a strange habit on worshiping people. For many Croatians the generals of the Croatian army who have committed war crimes are heroes, because in their eyes these generals have fought for their independence. Which contradicts with the general accepted idea in the international community that they are still the committers of actions against humanity. So at the moment the discussion about the war crime suspect Kodovor is being held vividly in this country. Often you can find posters of Kodovor hanging, where the message states that Kodovor will never be hand over. Kodovor is on the list of the ICTY of people who suposidly have to be delivered to this court in The Hague. However this Court will close it doors very soon and the responsibility will be hand over to the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. That...

Stray Cats

by sabsi

In the coastal towns, especially in Dubrovnik and Trogir, we saw so many stray cats wandering the streets. They are all very small and thin and very cheeky... and I felt so sorry for them I wanted to take them all home. I think next time I visit a Croatian coastal town I will bring cat food... even though I don't know if the cities (or the cats) would appreciate it?!My favourite incident was a cat that was chased by a big dog around the Riva in Trogir. It escaped by climbing a palmtree just behind us.

Kuna and Lipa

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The currency of Croatia is the Kuna, its abbreviation is kn. There are 100 Lipa in 1 Kuna. The banknotes look rather similar to the good old German mark which isn't a big surprise considering there is a small note "Printed in Germany" on some of them. ;)You can get money from ATM machines all over the country. Petrol stations, shops and bigger restaurants accept credit card as well.Here are some hints on how much some things you might need approximately cost:1 pizza in Zagreb = 25 kn1 pizza at the coast = 35 kn1 pizza in Dubrovnik = 45 kn1 meat dish, e.g. Cevapcici = 50 kn1 pack of Marlboro lights = 20 kn1 litre of Eurosuper 95 = 8kn1 public transportation ticket = 8 kn1 capuccino in a café = 9 kn1 softdrink in a restaurant = 12 kn0,5 litre local beer = 15 knOne Euro is approx. 7,35 EUR as of May 2007. Happy calculating!

Language

by sabsi

The Croatian language is quite funny at times when you are a German speaker. There are many words which originate in the German language but the spelling is Croatian. My favourite words were sendvic (Sandwich), švarzvald (Black Forest Gateau ... from the German word Schwarzwald) and bedinerica (house maid) and I really enjoyed learning new ones all the time.You sometimes meet people in Croatia that only speak Croatian. On the coast, however, life's normally easier. Most people speak either English or German, and some of them very well. But still there are some people who rent out private rooms in the house which don't speak any other language other than Croatian. I think this is a bit strange and I wonder how they can be successful with what they do. As everywhere people love if you try to speak a bit of their language, and they don't care at all if you get confused with the c and the...

Gastronomy and Eating Out

by blint

In Croatia one dish could feed two and a soup three. Don't worry so much about the bill though as it is easy to find a great restaurant with very reasonable prices.The main gastronomic influences are Italian, Germanic and Slavic.Many so called traditional dishes come with pasta and in Dubrovnik for example I think there are more Italian restaurants than anything else.You can get great cherry or apple strudels and many fantastic sweet or sour pastries like the Burek which is pastry stuffed with apple, cheese or meat.Seafood is also very popular especially along the coast.Service in restaurant's is not particularly fast although it's not as bad as Andalucia in Spain where it can take half an hour to get your food or the bill.

Television

by blint

Croatian television is full of American Sit Com's from the 80's like "Northern Exposure, Roseanne, Married with Children" or English series like "Blood on the wire". All these are shown in English with subtitles. Films are also always shown in their original language. This might explain why Croats are so good with languages.

Wine

by blint

Croatia produces it's own wines that maybe aren't very famous around the world but are perfect for me as they are light and don't have a heavy aftertaste. Furthermore you can get a good bottle for virtually nothing! It's so cheap you don't even have to settle for the house wine you can order something a little more expensive!

Stray Cats

by blint

There are a lot of cats wthout collars wondering the streets of Dubrovnik which makes me think they are homeless or the people of Dubovnik don't believe in cat collars.I saw many bowls of water in the streets too which is another sign of stray cats. For example in Spain many people leave food and water for the multutudes of stray animals.They all look healthy enough though and are very friendly. None of them looked like they had any bad illnesses.

Pronunciation

by blint

Pronunciation is easy as croat is phonetical. They do have some different letters though that you will need to learn. I don't have the symbols available on my computer but have put pronunciation help on the words that contain them.Other pronunication differences are:The j is pronounced as yu is ooo is ou as in four i is ee like in seenj is ny like in canyonlj is ly like the li in milione is short as in let

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