Archive for the ‘Croatia’ Category
Saturday, June 10th, 2006
There's a brand sparkling new public toilet facility between Trg Bana Josipa Jelačića and Vlaška Ulica, but I had little chance of making it there in time to file my paperwork, so I ducked into a cafe, politely ordered a kava, and promptly aimed myself at the water closet.
When I ...
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
"Say 'sir'!"
I was invited to speak to a group of young English students at the Croatian-American Institute in Zagreb last week. This was much more than a mere cultural exchange; there was Rubelj's brick-oven pizza being offered. I eagerly accepted.
The idea was for me to talk a bit about my ...
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
I come from a family of produce hucksters, so I love open-air farmers' markets. The sights, sounds and smells always remind me of visiting Soulard Market or Produce Row in St. Louis with my Gammy as a wee spud.
Zagreb's farmers' market is pretty incredible. The marketplaces I've seen in Croatia's ...
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Monday, June 5th, 2006
Freshly baked breads and sweets are everywhere in Croatia. One can scarcely propel oneself 500 meters without seeing a pekara or pekarnica ('bakery' and 'bake shop' respectively), and while I was in the Maksimir area of town waiting for a friend to finish work, I did some work of my ...
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Saturday, May 27th, 2006
As much as I've enjoyed my time in Zagreb before the jaunt to Pelješac, a little time in the country was just what the doctor ordered. So I went with my dear friend Kornelija to her hometown of Zdenčina. The expedition from Zagreb's main rail station was a pleasant thirty ...
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
This is Croatian bacon. It is known as panceta in Dalmatia, but the northern continentals refer to it as špek, the Croatized version of the German word for bacon. It's really just ordinary cured, smoked pork belly, but most of the bacon in Croatia is drier and more dense than ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
I am told that the best ćevapčići in all of Zagreb are served at a place called BK Sava next to a soccer field, only about a hundred meters from the banks of the Sava River. I went to Sava to see if it was true.
I was fond of ćevapčići ...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
After ice cream from Vincek, I walked with Kornelija to her hiking club’s weekly meeting. It was held on the second floor of a multi-purpose building near Glavni Kolodvor that operates as a sort of community center with two independently owned cafes on the first floor. There was some work ...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
My friends in Zagreb have been very good to me, treating me to the best of everything this incredible city has to offer. After the Festival Starih Zanata at Trg Bana Josipa Jelačića, I went for an ice cream with Kornelija - but not just any ice cream.
We walked a ...
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
Being in Croatia is doing wonders for my Croatian. Speaking the language is definitely coming more naturally, and I'm acquiring new vocabulary every day. The finer points of grammatical structure are another beast entirely, but Croatian grammar is a beast indeed to this native English speaker, even after eight years ...
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