Wednesday, June 17, 2015

BALKAN IMPRESSIONS



                                Beautiful Scenery Everywhere
            * Marked difference in attitude in Croatia from that in Slovenia and Slovakia.
            * Pay to pee in Croatia or buy a drink in a bar or café to use the facilities.
            * Croatia coastal towns typical beach towns.
            * Seaside promenades popular everywhere along the coast.
            * Much less use of credit cards in Croatia.
            * Slovenia and Slovakia vibrant young populations.                                     
            * Strong Turkish coffee café/bars culture everywhere.
            * Sidewalk cafés the norm.
            * Croatian towns look ‘worn’, but much construction in outskirts and on roads.
            * Typical European toilet paper, stiff and narrow.
            * Bathtubs very deep—thigh high from the floor---except in an American chain hotel.
            * No commercial salad dressings. Vinegar and oil. Light & no swimming salads.  Nice.
            * Marble paving stones common.
            * Cobbled streets and narrow alleys.
            * Small cars everywhere or large buses, no large cars.
            * Walled cities with gates and remnants of.
            *Red tile roofs.
            * Big meat eaters.
            * Wonderful fresh vegetables and salads.
            * No wooden structures.
            * Stone walls divide fields.
            * Tips not expected. Happy when receive one. No hands out though.
            * S & P seldom on table.
            * Bread eaten dry, generally no butter on table.
            * Little litter, but lots of graffiti.
            * Pedestrians beware!
            * Good local beer and wines everywhere.
            * Lots of stairs everywhere.
            * Hotel elevators very small—hold four people at best.
            * Almost impossible to be anywhere where you can NOT see mountains!
            * Lots of English everywhere, less in parts of Croatia and in small rural areas.

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