Croatian Obsessions

This afternoon I was talking to a Croatian colleague who’d just returned from Vienna–less than a 4 hour drive from here. Her boyfriend lives there so she goes often. She likes Vienna, but complained because there aren’t enough cafes. Really. So this brings me to a discussion of three of Croatia’s biggest obsessions. The country …

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News and Zagreb

I have arrived in Zagreb, so now Blogger insists on speaking to me in Croatian instead of Polish. Luckily for me, I’m better at not speaking Croatian than I am at not speaking Polish. In fact, today I got through my entire day–grocery shopping, my favorite bakery, buying tram tickets, ordering espresso at a cafe–without …

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