Croatia makes good chocolate wafers. You make cool events, I will be happy to participate on a day i'm not dead tired.
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Haha you have all month to do this puzzle but actually many more will be filling up the forums as 4-5 landmark puzzles will be released weekly!
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Interesting about chocolate in Croatia!
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Bump! Thank you for this puzzle and for the whole event!
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Me either! Rome was a world power and all the areas they conquered they built these for destroying criminals! And I thought there was just one amphitheatre in Rome... Not like 200+!!
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seriously? An amphitheater was an entertainment venue, like a modern-day stadium. They built them wherever they went
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Yes but the entertainment was mainly gladiator fights to the death and criminal combats... and wild animals releasing ... they were also used for festivals too but the main source of entertainment was graphic gory and violent deaths ....
It seems alot of our modern entertainment follows the same practice today.
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Thanks for another fun puzzle, Jeff!
And yeah, it's a weird world where violence is celebrated like that...
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Awesome!
If you would like to add pictures or interesting things about Croatia then put in a comment in this thread and I'll copy and paste to main thread opening!
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Awesome!
If you would like to add pictures or interesting things about Croatia then put in a comment in this thread and I'll copy and paste to main thread opening!
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Ok, here's one big (one of way too many in my region) castles around, called TRAKOSCAN (all my pictures)
Trakoscan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trako%C5%A1%C4%87an_Castle
This is where i live in
Hometown
Ugljan, the place where i rest..
Ugljan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugljan
Some of not very known place of Rastoke with great waterfalls! Similar to Plitvice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plitvice_Lakes_National_Park)
Rastoke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastoke
There's a lot lot lot lot more to find here in Croatia, you can also check my girlfriend's site (blog) about it..
http://www.essenceofcroatia.com/
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Well I come from capital of Croatia,Zagreb
There is loads of interesting places to see in Zagreb!! Hope every link is working good! :D <3
.jpg "Zagreb")
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Hey next to last image not load correctly...
But added all to above opening thread! THANKS!
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Btw.Pictures are all about Zagreb and what it offers as for summer as for winter! And ofc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb
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Pula in our language means dick, we used to make memes about it. Other than that, it seems like nice city, more beautiful than I expected.
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Interesting fact... So I need to make sure I'm not a pula and make some joke about it! ;)
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Interesting fact... So I need to make sure I'm not a pula and make some joke about it! ;)
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Pula is a wonderful city and thank you for making it a Steamgifts landmark :D
Btw, the gladiatorial fights were rarely to death, as getting good fighters was not an easy task, they were pricey. Of course, it still was a horrible entertainment but I thought this little detail was worth a mention :)
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I went on a little train tour of Europe years ago. When I got to Croatia, I met a lovely young lady in Zagreb and ended up just staying there with herrather than following my plan of going to Split and Dubrovnik. Bit of a shame I didn't make it to other parts of the country, but I still had a good time!
The main things I remember are going to Plitvice Lakes, drinking, eating lots of a pastry type snack from shops that you could get with cheese or meat in (only thing I could find that might be it is Štrukli but I don't remember the name) and trying to learn some of the language and being amazed at how difficult the grammar was. Also, the first day I arrived there was a football match going on between Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split. It wasn't the best first impression! lots of riot police and pretty scary looking supporters.
Anyway, thanks for the puzzle. I'll try it now.
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Yep.. Štrukli, our national meal (at least here in southwest of the country) :)
But it isn't with meat, it's with cheese or apple ... with meat is called burek!
here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_cuisine
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Thanks for the event! We've been to Plitvice and Nin this year, planned to visit Pula on the way back but fell short of time, maybe next time!
PS. "late A.D. and early B.C." should be the other way round, no? ;-)
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Landmark 5 is the Pula Arena found in Croatia. I was totally engrossed in the history behind this landmark which is merely one Roman amphitheater from over 200 that were built!
The horrors of what went on in these amphitheaters was appalling... thankfully the violent gladiatorial fights and wild animal attacks on criminals and Christians was later stopped.
Begin your tour HERE
Note: Collect the passcodes from the 5 landmarks from this week to gain access to a train for week 1!
Schedule for complete event and access to weekly trains can be found HERE
One of our SG members yoko666 is from Croatia!! Here's some cool facts shared by yoko666:
Ok, here's one big (one of way too many in my region) castles around, called TRAKOSCAN (all my pictures)
Trakoscan Wiki facts HERE
This is where i live: Hometown Photo
Ugljan, the place where i rest..
Ugljan Photo
Some of not very known place of Rastoke with great waterfalls! Similar to Plitvice
Rastoke Photo
There's a lot lot lot lot more to find here in Croatia, you can also check my girlfriend's site blog about it..
Another SG member Fistrake is from Croatia and has several photos to share:
Well I come from capital of Croatia, Zagreb
There is loads of interesting places to see in Zagreb!! Hope every link is working good! :D <3
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