Bok iz Zagreba! Hello from Zagreb!

Bok!  My past 10 days in Croatia has been a whirlwind, but a wonderful one. After twenty six hours of travel I finally arrived in Zagreb, got a taxi, and found my new home! The house is beautiful and in a little suburb outside of Zagreb, very close to work. My roommates are great people and made me feel right at home. Tuesday I started work and although I met close to 200 people this past week, I know I will be very good friends with many of them, even past my time in Zagreb. Most of last week was spent settling in and working but I did get out of the office a little bit and even went to and Irish Pub (in Croatia?) for a trivia night with some neighbors. This past weekend I went down to "the coast" as it's known locally, which means any seaside town you can get to over the weekend. We were in a little town called Crikvenica. It's not high tourist season yet, so there weren't a lot of people around but that's what made it so relaxing. Who knew a group of Americans could just sit around and drink coffee and beer all day and actually *gasp* relax? These Croatians really understand the true meaning of vacation. The other good news is that this place is pretty cheap (well at least the food) and the Kuna, although pegged to the Euro, does not have very high value and the prices are low even after conversion. I get my morning coffee for $0.86! I hope this gives you a little taste of what my past week and a half of life has been like, and I hope I have some exciting things to write about in the near future. Vidimo Se!