Thin White Line

Yes I'm talking about the clothes line! It is a concept that I have to get used to. Hanging my clothes on a line. Back home in Singapore, we are so used to our bamboo poles where we stick them outside the window once we've pegged our clothes. It's the same concept but my clothes don't suffer from the "cow chewing effect".

What's the "Cow Chewing Effect"? It's not a new term that I've come up with but rather a term that my fiance mentioned that they used in Croatia. If you hang your clothes on a clothes line, you'll understand it. When I hang wet clothes on a line, the movement of the T shirt on the string causes strain on the fabric. After I remove the T shirt from the line, I will see a distinctive "stretch mark " across the entire length of the T shirt where the two parts are divided. Looks like a cow just chewed on the top. Nice hur? If I decide to go out with those marks, I'll be the mockery of the whole town!

How I miss my Tek Kor (bamboo poles)!

Our little house in the woods!

All right for all those concerned readers of mine, here are some pictures of our little house. It's not a stunner but it is a wonderful cosy little house. And we are loving it.

Here it is!


A little space in front of our house. That's our neighbour's in the background!

Pivo!! We love Beers!

Oh yes. Croatians love beers too. It's not restricted to just Polish or English you know. Whenever you pop into a caffee bar, you'll sure to find a type of beer on the tap.

Sadly, Croatian beers are not good enough to earn themselves any world fame or markets beyond the region. But I do love the crisp and light Croatian beers.

What beers your will find in a typical caffee bar? On taps, Tuborg, Stella Artois, Budweiser (Czech) are the most common. In bottles, the Croatian favourites: Ožujsko, Laško are among the few.

When ordering beers in a caffee bar in Croatia from the tap, you'll have to use deciliter. For example, 5 dl = 0,5 l or 2 dl = 0,2 l.

And bravo! You can even get 1l of Croatian beers in plastic bottles for 1 pound! Cheap hur? The next size is 1.5l bottle. That's really neat. Though don't forget to keep your bottles (plastic or glass). You can always recycle them by selling them back to supermarkets for 50 lipa (5 pence) each.

That's all for beers! Cheers and živelj!

Trying our luck the second time

We're moving again. This time we will be better as it's near to summer. So expecting more sunshine. And yes, this house (not a flat) has more windows! And ample nature! Wish us luck! Pictures will come soon!