The coastline of croatia

Hi guys, my name is Idara-Abasi and I am Nigerian whose spent the last 6 years in Europe. I am a student of the Medical University Pécs, Hungary.

My first trip to Croatia was last year, spring break 2016 and I was in Zagreb. It was in close proximity to Hungary so I and my friend, Katya thought, "why not?", so we started an 8-hour train ride to Zagreb. 

Upon arrival, we found a cab; the driver, a bilingual Magyar-Hrvatska man who claimed that the extra short trip from the train station to our apartment was 100 HRK. We later found out that the fare should have cost half of that.

Zagreb was a beautiful and corporate city from my recollection, of all the sites, I was quite delighted to visit the Museum of Broken Relationships. Highly recommended by me, if I recall, it was about 45-50 HRK with a student card.

Some restaurants were better than others but ultimately we discovered that taking a trip to spar to get ingredients and select from a variety of wine served our needs better than any place with a fancy name and fancy waiters but entrees that didn't match their worth price-wise. So that's exactly what we did and we made a delightful stew from tomato sauce, chicken drumsticks, and chili powder with rice simmered in slightly salted butter. 

All in all, my trip ended on a positive note although, one of those days, I had a displeasing experience on a bus to Jarun Lake. I'd heard about frotteurism before but never did I think it would happen to me, however, it did because a young man thought it would be sexually gratifying to press himself against my back on the bus. 

My third trip to Croatia will be—well today. Osijek this time, and I intend to create more memories, pleasing ones, and explore the diversity of the culture. Stay connected to this blog for the updates on my second trip and my current travel plan.  Happy Sunday!

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