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Laundry   Dubrovnik

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Ćevapi Heaven

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The country of Croatia has taken part in the 54th International Exhibition of Innovations, Research & New Technologies in Brussels with 31 invention. The most important invention [and I'm sure all the TSC members will agree] is the revolutionary tchevuppy-making machine! It's a revolution in the production of ćevapi, since it enables forming ćevapi in five rows at the same time, so that more than 200 kg of meat can be processed in an hour! Klaudijo Šturman from Rovinj, who invented the heavenly machine, is hoping for a success in all south European countries, where ćevapi are one of the main meat delicacies... Even in Istria [where fish & mushroom is the main dish] have a culture of making ćevapi. So we can only hope that it does spread around Europe [and wider]... ;)

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Hrvatski - the language in Croatia

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The official language in Croatia is Croatian & it belongs to the southern Slavic group of Indo-European languages. It is written in the Latin script & it has some specific sounds & letters, e.g. č, ć, đ, ž & š. People ususally say it reminds them of Russian with all those shushy sounds, but it's not that similar. It is extremely rich [morphology, lexic, swearwords aso.], but it is said to be extremely hard to learn [according to a pole even one of the hardest languages in the world to learn!],. Of course, I can't be the judge of that, but sometimes it's just impossible to explain people why a specific work should be in a specific form. There are some courses & books, but without someone to help you out, I suppose it'd be quite hard to learn it. If you want to know something more though, visit this page or ask me - I'll try to help you out [at least with the most...

Weddings

by smcamp

If you ever see/hear a big line of cars driving through town, horns blaring, and all decorated, you have just witnessed a wedding procession pass by. The car with the most flowers is the bride and groom. This is led by a car waving the flag of the Republic of Croatia. This is something that you'll hear almost every weekend, most of the summer in the cities.

Going out for drinks...

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If someone invites you out for a drink, its usually assumed that they are paying for it. The same if you invite someone else out, it means that you are paying for it. The idea is that it will all work out in the end, esp. if you are friends.

0.00 ‰ - Viva Croatia! ;o)

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By the new law of the Republic of Croatia, the official alcohol level in the blood has come down to 0.00 ‰! The law does tolerate a tiny percentage of 0.1 ‰ though, 'coz it is easily mistakable. That doesn't help much, I know, but if you drink anything, you really shouldn't drive! One glass of wine, beer or simply two fresh peaches can cost you your license for three months! There were numerous & serious debates about that here in Croatia & people finally understood that it doesn't make much sense. When you compare this law to Ireland's or Czech, it's hilarious. It's still valid, but the government says they'll return the limit to 0,5 ‰. Nobody knows when, but be careful in any case...

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Krapina- Neanderthal man

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Krapina is an small town situated about 50 km north of Zagreb.It is wide world known because of Paleontological site of Husnjakovo, where you can see one of the most significant finds of Neanderthal Man in the world.

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Historic sights

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Great number of very important historic sights can be seen al over Croatia, especially along the Adriatic coast. Many settlements have been founded already in pre-Roman times by the Greeks and Illyrian tribes. As for the Roman times, the most important settlements were Salonae (Solin), Issa (Vis), and Pula.This, on the picture, are remains of an huge Roman villa at archipelago of Brijuni.

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FJAKA - Local Mediation Technique

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Croatians living in coastal area, especially Dalmatians, are generally described as joyous people who love singing but waste their energy carefully. This specific state of low energy consumption which occurs mostly during hot summer afternoons is called FJAKA.People tend to sit or lay in shade, speak in lower voice or rather - have a nap.I think this Fjaka thing is one of main sources of Dalmatian wit and wisdom. In the area where tourists tend to ignore this healthy highly spiritual practice, locals adapt and sit in shade and observe the tourists running, snapping pictures and doing all other touristy things.

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Kumrovec - the Ethno-museum

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Kumrovec is small village in the northern part of the country called Hrvatsko Zagorje. It is situated about 60 kilometres north of Zagreb. The whole place is turned into the unique Ethno-museum, Staro selo, with original village houses including the birthplace of Josip Broz Tito.

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Corals - No , Thank You!

by KristaB

Island Zlarin was and in a way still is known for it's tradition of gathering and processing corals. Brave men from Zlarin were diving all over the Mediterranean sea looking for corals, and local craftsmen were famous for their skill of producing high quality decorative items.An amusing anecdote: the whole willage would gather to say good bye to brave seamen and divers upon their departure, and one woman had to pee on their boat to ensure good luck. I was very sad to learn at local museum that the corals in the Adriatic are almost extinct due to uncontrolled gathering that went on for hundreds of years. So the man on the picture which I took at local museum is actually polishing imported corals, but using traditional methods. Even though having a coral necklace might feel good, I realized I would just encourage further devastation, although in another continent, but still not something I...

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