Posted
on August 5, 2016
Rarely
have I see such a huge name for a holiday: today Croatia celebrates
“Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian
Defenders.”
You
might think it's just a translation problem. Surely the holiday has a
shorter name in Croatian, right?
Ummm,
not so much: Dan pobjede i domovinske
zahvalnosti i Dan hrvatskih branitelja.
The
holiday celebrates the military action called Operation Storm; this
victory gained independence for Croatia in 1995. It's commonly
celebrated with the laying of wreaths on graves, parades, concerts, a
flag raising at the Knin fortress.
Wonderful
Croatia!
I
have written about wonderful things in Croatia before,
but here are a few more things to rave about:
- The medieval hilltop towns of Istria
- The pointed finger of sand on Zlatni Rat Beach
- Roman ruins all over the place, including the port city of Pula
- The caves of the island of Vis
- I've been craving to go see Plitvice Lakes National Park for a long time now...
...but Krka National Park is really gorgeous, too!
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on this date:
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