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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Travel Day -> Croatia




Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy.





These colors represent the Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. The meanings of the colors of the flag are: white represents peace and honesty, red is bravery, power and blue vigilance, truth and loyalty. In the middle of the croatian flag is the Coat of Arms of Croatia.

Capital: Zagreb

Official Language: Croatian
80% of Croatians are multilingual and, of that group, 81% are English-speakers. The next most popular language is German at 49% followed by Italian at 24%.

Ethnic Groups:   90% Croats
                             4% Serbs
                             5% other

Religion:  91% Christian (Roman Catholic)
                  4% irreligious
                  1% Muslim
                  3% other

Currency: Kuna

Size: 21,581 sq miles (West Virginia is closest in size at ~24,000)

Population: 4.2 million (West Viriginia has 1.8 million)

Flight: 12h, 50 (1 stop)  min from NYC - $1,400 round trip

Current weather: 67 degrees, sunny

Current Time: 7:15pm (6 hours ahead of us)

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Zagreb

Zagreb Cathedral

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Sphinx

Dalmation

Susak folk costumes

Rice Chocolate


Zadar Pipe Organ

Zadar sunset

Nikola Resla



Glagolitic alphabet


Roman ampitheater in Pula

Mediterranean monk seal

Hum (smallest city in the world) 

Iris

Dinara Peak


Maglite

Krk Island

Bisevo


Zlatni

Neck tie


Griffon Vultures

Common Adder


Nose horned viper

Karst Meadow Viper

Strudel




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