Last year while living in Edinburgh, I was employed by a temp agency and placed in reception at a clinic for drug users. Since it was summer time, a lot of the staff were taking their vacations. One guy told me he was going to Croatia because it was so nice and really cheap. I went home and told Branden that maybe we should see about visiting Croatia sometime. Here's how the convo went:
Me: Croatia supposedly has great beaches, nice towns and is much less expensive than going to Spain.
Branden: Croatia? Who goes on vacation to Croatia?
Me: You only say that because we're American and we don't know anyone who has ever gone to Croatia let alone that it is even a country.
Branden: True. I don't think I ever hear anyone mention it back in the States.
Me: I bet most Americans probably think that Croatia is time period where dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Branden: Sadly, that's probably true...
Now, I'm not trying to sound better than other Americans. I didn't know anything about Croatia or even really hear about it until I moved across the pond. This is just what people over here call "taking the piss" or "making fun of" and I have no problems taking the piss out of myself!
Considering that most of my viewers are fellow Americans, I'm hoping you all can prove me wrong!! ;)
I know it used to be part of Yugoslavia, and the capital is Zagreb. And I think Goran Visnjic is from there.
ReplyDeleteYay! I had a feeling 'Vive le Nerd' would prove me wrong!
ReplyDeleteI think I'd rather go to the Cretaceous than Croatia.
ReplyDeleteFunny enough, it's been over a year since this convo and we've not given it a second thought! I'd rather go to Greece...I hear it's pretty cheap ;) (I'll just pack my angry mob gear though!)
ReplyDeleteRemember the beach balls from the other day? He was in Croatia.
ReplyDeleteThat's right! That's probably why this past convo popped into my head today! btw, my in-laws loved that story!
ReplyDeleteI know "of" Croatia but did not know it was a hot place to visit ;) more info?
ReplyDeleteDespite being physically closer to the country...my above post is basically all I know about it!! lol
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of Croatia I think of horrible ethnic cleansing, but I did read a National Geographic article recently about the area and the beaches are supposed to be lovely.
ReplyDelete"Croatia is time period where dinosaurs roamed the Earth." Sooo hilarious! :0)
ReplyDeleteI have a friend named Mirna that is from Croatia. It has lovely beaches and scenery. I also grew up with some Yugoslavian girls who were from what is now referred to as Dalmatia so they say they are Dalmatians. It always cracked me up. When Yugoslavia went down I remember the horror they went through losing so many family members. I can tell you this. The girls I grew up with where super model beautiful but didn't even know it. Love them.
ReplyDeleteI know Croatia is a country and it's in that Eastern Europe/part of Russia/countries I can't locate because they keep changing names part of the the world. It's so weird to me as an American when people from Europe talk of going to places like that as though we were talking about going to Florida.
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