Where it all begins...

How did I get acquainted with Croatia? Well.. to make the long story short.. it all started from LOVE.

I was working and studying in London at that time. It was a mate's birthday that day. 19th March 2005. After a nice round of drinks at the pub, I took a London bus to another mate's place in the centre of London. That evening, my favourite DJ Sven Vath was spinning at Fabric. My or our favourite club. After chatting with my mates for a while, I took another bus to where the club is located. I couldn't remember the time, guess it was about midnight. I got into the club after some queueing in the middle of another chilly London night. Found the tightly packed room where Sven Vath was and settled myself there. Dancing like a crazy woman as usual, suddenly I felt someone poked me. I turned around intending to give the "poker" a piece of my mind and I saw him. He smiled and we got acquainted. It was really dark in the club. Despite the loud blaring Techno music and the sweaty crowd, our love blossomed.

After that night, he left London for home. He was on a tour at that time. We met again on the second chilly London night after my work when he waited two hours at freezing Kew Gardens. Our kiss sealed our fate to be bounded forever no matter how hard the next two years would be for us.

In April, I decided to visit Croatia! My first trip! Not knowing what lay ahead for me and us. I embarked on my flight from Stansted to Trieste. If you checked the map, Trieste is on the northeastern tip of Italy. It takes only one and a half hours to drive from Rijeka (his town) to Trieste.

I shall omit the rest of the torturous process of sticking together.

That's the story of me and Croatia.

Cheers to True Love!