CROATIA / HRVATSKA 2010

11 million tourists in 2009 for a total population of 4.5 million. Over 1900 km of seaside, counting the ones around the 1244 islands. Skyhigh real estate prices in Dubrovnik. Feeling very much like southern Italy with exactly the same type of dry and quite hot weather in July and August, only thing different they speak croatian that sounds like dobro utro dobr dan dovidenje molem. You'll hit Ulaz (Entrance) and Izlaz (Exit) quite fequently so they might come handy. Hvala pronounced hh-vallah is croatian for thanks. And one of the key words crno vino stands for UB40's red red wine.

 

11 milioane de turisti in 2009 la o populatie de 4.5 milioane. Peste 1900 de km de litoral punind la socoteala cel din jurul celor 1244 de insule. Preturi foarte ridicate la real estate (imobiliare) in zona Dubrovnikului. Atmosfera în principalele locuri de pe Coasta Dalmatiei aduce mult cu cea din Bella Italia inclusiv vremea perfecta doar prea cald in iulie si august minus cå se vorbeste limba croatå dobro utro dobr dan dovidenja molem. Douå din cuvinte le întîlnesti absolut la tot pasul: Ulaz - Intrare si Izlaz - Iesire. Hvala pronuntat hh-valla e multumesc, crno vino vin rosu si restul le gasesti pe menu cînd gresesti pagina si intri în zona localå.

There's 3 dialects of the croatian language spoken depeding on the geographical area. Croatian is spoken within a few other former yugoslav republics as well as in Romania's Caras Severin county and Italy's Molise region.

Limba croatå are 3 principale dialecte în functie de zonå geograficå si se vorbeste si în cîteva alte foste republici iugoslave + Caras Severin în Romania si în regiunea Molise din Italia.

The few basic words are easy to catch, it's gonna be tougher with words consisting of a tough to pronounce consonants sequence of which Krk seems to be an easy sell. Otherwise no communication issues anywhere along the Dalmatian Coast, everyone seems to speak English, sometimes a surprisingly good one. Very friendly people and great services, only tiny negative the habit of cutting lines for getting into the bus, boarding planes, even buying tickets at the newspaper stands, however don't be surprised to notice Italian or Spanish tourists are the rotten ones.

Cele cîteva cuvinte de bazå se prind din zbor. Mai greu cu cele care constau într-o însiruire mai mult sau mai putin interminabilå de consoane. Altfel absolut nici un fel de problemå de comunicatie, toatå lumea vorbeste englezå prin zonele turistice. Ca impresie generalå localnicii peste tot foarte amabili si de treabå, cei din servicii foarte eficienti si amabili de asemenea, singurul bemol în special în Dubrovnik nu se cunoaste statul la coadå la boarding la avion la autobuz, la chioscul de bilete, tot timpul se bagå în fatå atît doar ca în 2 situatii flagrante erau italieni sau spanioli asa cå nu stiu cine de la cine s-a molipsit dar e boalå grea.

There are unfortunately no low cost flights out of Bucharest towards any of the m ajor destinations in Croatia, not even direct flights therefore we had to stop over in Munich on the way to Zagreb. Didn't bother to search too much for an alternate low cost two-piece flight either frankly speaking since it didn't seem to be worth it.

Din påcate nu existå zboruri low cost din Bucuresti spre niciunul din cele 3 aeroporturi principale din Croatia printre care Zagreb, nici måcar zboruri directe a trebuit så zburåm prin Munchen. Probabil s-ar putea combina din 2 bucåti low cost-uri Buc. – undeva + undeva – Croatia, dar economia de pret nu prea pare så justifice oboseala...

Zagreb seemed to be the tiniest airport where I had ever landed, comparable sizewize to Saguenay airport in Quebec or Dominican Republic's Punta Cana, Dubrovnik airport being just a tad larger.

Zagreb unde am zburat de la Bucuresti cel mai mic aeroport pe care am aterizat vreodatå comparabil cu Saguenay în Québec sau Punta Cana în Dominicanå, la fel si Dubrovnik doar un pic mai mare.

Obscenely expensive rental car, however the Skoda Oktavia proved to be a very enjoyable ride, rather comfy and quite economic on Diesel fuel. Good thing though we got rid of it by the end of the second day and public transportation as limited as we had needed it proved to be flawless.

Rental car nejustificat de scump dar masina foarte OK o Skoda Octavia Diesel foarte plåcutå la condus, foarte confortabilå si economicå.