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Sunday, 28 October 2018

Croatia - holiday memories - a quick note

Thank you for your interest and lovely comments in my 2 post about Croatia.

I just would like to add some more info -

tourism is a major industry in Croatia (mainly along the Adriatic coast), it's history goes back about 150 years, and they are good at it.
However, the Balkan wars of 1990s, during the Croatian War of Independence (or Homeland War, as they call it) put a temporary stop to tourism, when for about 7 years no tourist would travel there. 
We were told that during that period people would live just on their savings, if they had any.
They are doing a great job of recovering from that, but of course, not everything is perfect yet, which is understandable.
We love Croatia, the country and its people; they are friendly and very helpful. 
This wasn't out first visit; we started going there when our children were small and when Croatia was still a part of Yugoslavia, and several times since, up and down the coast, from Istria Peninsular down to Dubrovnik. And we hope to visit again.
Being a Slav myself I can understand some of the language, but most younger generation speak English anyway.
The most recent study into where Croatians came from originally suggest that they arrived from the Czech lands somewhere in the 9 - 10th century. This is just a theory, but it would help to explain why I feel the connection when I am there. 😊

Why the picture of an iris? It is the national flower of Croatia.

We wish Croatia well.


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2 comments:

  1. Pamela29 October 2018 at 21:31

    Very interesting! I din't know any of that.

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  2. Stitching Lady15 November 2018 at 15:00

    ...reading your post I must tell you that I feel so connected to you having been married for more than half a century to a Croate who has also family in Czechia.

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