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)
