Croatia

February 8, 2015 by abettica Leave a comment

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Zip Facts about Croatia:

• The island of Brac supplied the Croatian stone that built the White House in Washington, DC
• The Croats of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina say “Bog” for both hello and good-bye, the literal translation of which is “God”
• The necktie, or cravat (which is derived from the word “Croat”, was invented in Croatia
• Dalmatians, also known as the Dubrovnik hunter dog, originally came from the Dalmatian coast in Croatia
• The voting age in Croatia is 16 for the employed and 18 for those without a job

Milivoj Uzelac, “The Girl in the Boat” (1926/1927)

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Link to Recipe: https://theworldfrommykitchen.wordpress.com/croatia

Link to Map:  https://theworldfrommykitchen.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/recipemap-europe.pdf