Hello everyone!
Today I met Elena and with her, we did some paperwork with the police station and public transportation.
As I told you that Croatia is just like Turkey, I mean it. There is this law change so that we can do the same thing with less paperwork, however just like in Turkey, it didn`t work. So we had to go all the way back to dorm, pick up some extra documents and headed back to the police station.
An officer asked for my criminal records in Turkey. We tried to explain that this is something impossible because I already was in Croatia. I don`t know what Elena said but it was done somehow.
After the police station, we head to the bus center to buy a monthly bus card for me. After we managed to do this without any problem, we got to the office I`ll be working for. Elena introduced me to my boss -Darko Stepanovic of something like that- and the guys who his assistants are. So this is my first work day but due to rain, they let me off early so I headed back to the dorm and got sleep.
Tomorrow: My second day at work, some info about my project and lunch system in the university.
03/06/2009
01/06/2009
Day 2: Get yourself comfortable
Dobar dan! (Good day)
This is the first day in Split. I was met by a student volunteer in the local committee in Split. We walked from the train station to the student dorms where I`ll stay during my training. We talked about everything about Croatia and Split. Here is the summary of our topics.
1- Split is a small city and you can walk easily from one side to the other.
2- Split girls are more beautiful then Zagreb girls. All you have to do is being cheerful to be with them. :)
3- Pizza is the cheapest food in town. You can buy a pizza for 40 Kn and it is much bigger than the biggest pizza in Turkey.
4- There is a national drink in Split called Rakia sounds like Raki but much different than it.
5- Croatia is just the same as Turkey in many ways. They also have a very strict bureaucracy, for example we walked the way from dorm to police station -about 20 mins- twice to get one more paper.
6- On sunday every shop is closed except cafes. People are stuck in their home on sunday which means the city center is empty.
7- They also suck with TV Series -yes we suck think about the prime time series in Turkey. They`d like to watch American series like House, Lost etc.
8- There was an election on sunday. A capitalist, a communist and a fascist were in the election and the capitalist wins this time. The former major was a communist by the way.
9- There are some brilliant bands doing some underground music. The most popular songs of one of them is "Your daughter is a whore!". :) Well... OK!
10- Croatia also have a poor economy. They already sold all the Croatian companies -just like Turkey ha?- They have lower paychecks but they are happy. :)
So this is the summary of our conversation. Tomorrow I`ll blog about my first day in the office, adventures with the police department and that fucking rain disturbing the citizens of Split.
Bye!
This is the first day in Split. I was met by a student volunteer in the local committee in Split. We walked from the train station to the student dorms where I`ll stay during my training. We talked about everything about Croatia and Split. Here is the summary of our topics.
1- Split is a small city and you can walk easily from one side to the other.
2- Split girls are more beautiful then Zagreb girls. All you have to do is being cheerful to be with them. :)
3- Pizza is the cheapest food in town. You can buy a pizza for 40 Kn and it is much bigger than the biggest pizza in Turkey.
4- There is a national drink in Split called Rakia sounds like Raki but much different than it.
5- Croatia is just the same as Turkey in many ways. They also have a very strict bureaucracy, for example we walked the way from dorm to police station -about 20 mins- twice to get one more paper.
6- On sunday every shop is closed except cafes. People are stuck in their home on sunday which means the city center is empty.
7- They also suck with TV Series -yes we suck think about the prime time series in Turkey. They`d like to watch American series like House, Lost etc.
8- There was an election on sunday. A capitalist, a communist and a fascist were in the election and the capitalist wins this time. The former major was a communist by the way.
9- There are some brilliant bands doing some underground music. The most popular songs of one of them is "Your daughter is a whore!". :) Well... OK!
10- Croatia also have a poor economy. They already sold all the Croatian companies -just like Turkey ha?- They have lower paychecks but they are happy. :)
So this is the summary of our conversation. Tomorrow I`ll blog about my first day in the office, adventures with the police department and that fucking rain disturbing the citizens of Split.
Bye!
31/05/2009
Day 1: Arriving at Zagreb
Hello followers,
I`m writing these words in student dorm of Split University, however it`s about my flight and day in Zagreb. There are lots of things to write down but I`ll keep it as simple as possible. Let`s start!
To begin with, Croatia is a very small country with a population of 4,5 million people. Zagreb is the capital city and they`re using Kuna(HRK) as currency. 1 Turkish Lira is equal to 3.3 Kuna these days.
It was a very small airport in Zagreb, even smaller then the old version of Adnan Menderes Airport. There also wasn`t any duty free shop. We -2 Turkish guys- had some some troubles by passing the passport check but supervisor was more friendly than the officer and we get in Croatia.
We took the bus -just like HAVAS in Turkey with the same price 30Kn- to the bus station (autobusni kolodvor) in city center. In city center, I`ve never met a public bus. The whole transportation is done with taxis -I`ll explain taxis later- and trams. There is a huge network of trams like in every main street. You don`t buy tickets for it, you just get in. I learned later that people buy tickets for trams via cell phones.
In Zagreb, there are lots of statues in small squares for like every important person from 18. and 19. century. I met some Dinamo Zagreb fan and they were celebrating their championship with marchs and drinks.
I got to a shopping mall and saw that Croatian are Automat-crazy people. There are automat clubs everywhere to play Poker, Roulette of some other games. Movies in Zagreb were older than in Turkey. Gran Torino for example has just came in theaters.
Almost every Croatian person knows English. Some of them also speaks Italian, Slovenian, Hungarian, German. So it wasn`t so hard to communicate with them. Their accent is understandable, which was my main concern before I get here.
I took the night train with bed from Zagreb to Split. It costed 270 Kn. My roomie in train has been in Istanbul once. We chatted about it and go to bed. Ticket guy woke me up in the morning to let me know that we were close to Split. I packed my staff and left the train when we got there.
Finally I`m in Split. This is the topic for another entry.
Zdravo! (Bye)
I`m writing these words in student dorm of Split University, however it`s about my flight and day in Zagreb. There are lots of things to write down but I`ll keep it as simple as possible. Let`s start!
To begin with, Croatia is a very small country with a population of 4,5 million people. Zagreb is the capital city and they`re using Kuna(HRK) as currency. 1 Turkish Lira is equal to 3.3 Kuna these days.
It was a very small airport in Zagreb, even smaller then the old version of Adnan Menderes Airport. There also wasn`t any duty free shop. We -2 Turkish guys- had some some troubles by passing the passport check but supervisor was more friendly than the officer and we get in Croatia.
We took the bus -just like HAVAS in Turkey with the same price 30Kn- to the bus station (autobusni kolodvor) in city center. In city center, I`ve never met a public bus. The whole transportation is done with taxis -I`ll explain taxis later- and trams. There is a huge network of trams like in every main street. You don`t buy tickets for it, you just get in. I learned later that people buy tickets for trams via cell phones.
In Zagreb, there are lots of statues in small squares for like every important person from 18. and 19. century. I met some Dinamo Zagreb fan and they were celebrating their championship with marchs and drinks.
I got to a shopping mall and saw that Croatian are Automat-crazy people. There are automat clubs everywhere to play Poker, Roulette of some other games. Movies in Zagreb were older than in Turkey. Gran Torino for example has just came in theaters.
Almost every Croatian person knows English. Some of them also speaks Italian, Slovenian, Hungarian, German. So it wasn`t so hard to communicate with them. Their accent is understandable, which was my main concern before I get here.
I took the night train with bed from Zagreb to Split. It costed 270 Kn. My roomie in train has been in Istanbul once. We chatted about it and go to bed. Ticket guy woke me up in the morning to let me know that we were close to Split. I packed my staff and left the train when we got there.
Finally I`m in Split. This is the topic for another entry.
Zdravo! (Bye)
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