My experience of Croatians is that they are, in general, one of Europe's most optimistic and happy people. I'm sure there are grumpy Croatians, but I've never met any. I think you'll have a great time.
Croatia for me , football since 1998. Museums are quite interesting to me, specially if you are in one with relics and objects from ancient civilizations. Indus valley, Babylonian etc etc
Great choice in going to Croatia! This will be my next destination after I go to Japan next year. You all have got to go see the Sea Organ in Zadar! I hear it's amazing!
'The Zagreb Cathedral on Kaptol is a Roman Catholic institution and not only the tallest building in Croatia but also the most monumental sacral building in Gothic style southeast of the Alps'- a pretty ordinary cathedral xD also, the construction started around 1200.
@@NukE30 Not true, inform yourself, please. Construction on the cathedral started shortly after death of King Ladislav and was finished in 1217 and consecrated by king Andrew II of Hungary. The cathedral was severely damaged in the 1880 Zagreb earthquake. The main nave collapsed and the tower was damaged beyond repair. The restoration of the cathedral in the Neo-Gothic style was led by Hermann Bollé, bringing the cathedral to its present form
Pingvin! my favourite sandwich bar! :) dude, that small donat is called FRITULA, and you can take it with your fingers and pop it into yours mouth... no worries :D rakija should be pronounced rakeeya
You should have tried medica (meditza). It's rakija with honey. It tricks you into drinking it because it's sweet but it hits like a train. Btw. Eric looks like this Croatian actor called Leon Lucev. I'm amazed by the similarity.
I find it very interesting that they left the picture there and just added to the area instead of building a massive building dedicated to it, like most places would. Very neat!
Little info regarding this chapel. It's not in a tunnel, it's actually positioned in the only remaining one of the historic town gates of the city fortification!
My wife is from Serbia, which all used to be part of Yugoslavia (so once was the same country as Croatia) so this is great as while they are different there are lots of similarities. Rakia (Rack-e-uh) is pretty savage sometimes. Dont make the mistake I made and drink a lot of other drinks and then drink Rakia. I literally remember nothing. My serbian friends all drink it in sips and if they are drinking that, they only drink Rakia (though you can have a shot or two and then drink beer and be fine :) The food portions in all the balkan countries seems to be pretty huge! Enjoy!
Know what guys? This city,where I live,esp.the center got seriously destroyed by an earthquake last year,(actually two of them)so you were lucky to see it and enjoy its early spring vibe before this disaster happened! Yow wouldn`t believe how creepy it looks now.
Drinking out in Croatia when you're young is the best. Hell you do it always. Warming up for going out. It would be weird if our couldn't do it. And there is never really any trouble or anything. Like of you let that happen in US, it would be horrible. It's because our culture is different
canon, and Tower Lotrščak well legend says: that cannon scares Turkish army, apparently bullet fly even to river "Sava" and that scares Turkish army so they didn't attack Zagreb From 1877 cannon shot in 12 o'clock every day Stone gate: Legend says: "light a candle and ask the Virgin Mary for a wish" small boards with gratitude on the wall are those of whose wishes were fulfilled
Just spent 3 days in Zagreb and I can only say NEVER AGAIN! From the moment we set foot off the train we were engulfed in crowds of pushing, shoving, rude and obnoxious people! Our impression of Zagreb is one of grey dreariness. It is definately not on a par with either Ljubljana or Budapest and their Christmas market(s) does not even remotely compare with Innsbruck, Nürnberg, Salzburg nor Ljubljana, Trieste or Budapest. It seems everything on offer is copied from someone else. They hardly have a traditional cuisine. It is their version of hamburgers and hotdogs and little else.
jes crowds to shove, push etc. Depends where you are from you will find that rude. But I cant agree with the christmas market, the center looks amazing. For local food there is a few places that make traditional Zagreb food, most restaurants are the same as croatians like simple food
In 1980 I was in Zagreb on lay over. Had a chance to walk around mostly in residential area. Thought was beautiful. Never had a chance to go back. Then it was Yugoslavia. Still have blanket I bought in subway station shop. And candle holders that were quite intricate brass.
Sorry guys, I am Zagrebian and unfortunately, I think it was a bit cheeky they sold you these "doughnuts" as it is not anything typical for Zagrebian cousine. Sorry.
Kyde and Eric yep, orahovača is amazing, that alcoholic brown drink before peka is made from green walnuts, also cherries that you ate with ice cream is made similar to orahovača.
hongkongzorro, we're did you get that impression all "Slavs" are exactly the same... There is about 360 million of Slavic people around the globe, packed in large number of very different countries of different and distinctive heritage, history and unique culture in every single of them! Even small Croatia is very complicated mixture of regions with it's own cultural characteristics, people's mentality, traditions, food characteristics! And have you ever actually tasted different meals from various Croatian regions, esp. those from Istria and Dalmatia regions, but also central and easter parts of the country?! Many foreigners do regard many of these specialties as some of the the tastiest, most sophisticated in all of the world! Generalizations are ugly habit of lazy people my friend! Best regards!
@Verbal Dk I'm not sure if you're actually bragging about this, supposedly "all slav" trait hence you're partly Slav, but still I don't think you can so easily put so many people in a same basket! And I don't even know what it means to drink a lot, like "all Slavs"?! Is it more, or less then, for instance, notorious English or Irish heavy drinking, ... ?! Please, don't be ignorant!
@Verbal Dk Verbal Dk Well I don't feel any brotherhood with a Russian or a Czech. I know for narrow minded people it's hard to comprehend that we are not the same and that we don't understand each other, but well :D feel free to think what you want.
Veal isn't pig, no. It's baby cow. I don't know about Croatia, but in England it's actually a waste product from the dairy industry. Cows don't last forever, so they've got to be replaced, but half the calves are male and you only need one bull for several dairy herds, so you get a lot of spare bullocks. Those becomes veal. In other places they're bred specially to make veal and there have been some campaigns against it, but here it's a dairy byproduct. Sounds like you found a distant relative of the Morrocan Tagine. We had good "chicken tagine" in a lot of places, but just once we got to make our own and do it *right* (and slowly).
*Sableagle* ~It is actually one of [ if not THE ] *cruelest,* and *least* "humane", of ALL the 'methods' of "raising livestock" [ ...really, *baby* "livestock"... ] as/for "meat"; hence, the *many,* actually, "campaigns against it"!!!
If it's done on purpose, yes, but in *Britain* nobody breeds cattle to produce veal. They breed cattle to produce *milk* and get a lot of unwanted male calves, which they immediately kill and then *try* to sell as veal. Nobody's breeding them to make veal here because they can't sell all the veal they're *accidentally* producing as part of the dairy business.
**Sableagle* ~Well...that, too, is something that doesn't quite thrill me, tbh; although i do, of course, realise that *very* few people would be willing [ and able ] to care for, look-after, and raise, all of the 'excess' male calves who are born! Oh, and...i, too, am a Brit, btw ({: D ...!!
I'm sooo glad I found your channel! Your optimism is amazing, thanks! If you come to Maribor, Slovenia, I would love to show you around (of course not clinging to you!). In any case - have a great life!
Rakija is Croatian tequila .. lol nice video, you are funny and interesting to watch.... i notice you like sweets, you should try Croatian Nutella, Lino lada; duo, white, coconut, nougat and gold (different tastes) . I wonder when did you film this video, becouse this days in ZG temperatures are high, about 30 degrees... enjoy and greet's... :)
Thanks for sharing Croatia! Your recent travels have taken me places I won't be able to go because of the walking, climbing, hiking. But, enjoyed all you have shared and am so looking forward to what you find in Croatia - the surprises are great.
10:20 "Can you imagine like all the people standing out here, that are 'we'?" Here is a nice video from the 'we are we'-party this summer: th-cam.com/video/dIpz1KXckfY/w-d-xo.html
Eric's outfit on point... Red hat, white face, and blue hoodie... 15:07 Awwww... poor Kyde... 34:40 Whoa... Mega Sundae...! plus it's dark cherry... :) 41:04 ...Clerks... ;)
so nobody told you guys parliament was on St Mark's square? And you didn't read about what the stone gate is all about? The people are praying because they believe they will get their prayers answered, and when they do, they place plaques with thankyous for answered prayers. Not rajika, rakiya.
Ok 1) Zagreb looks Really pretty actually. Wasn't expecting that. 2) That Meal! Not only did it look Delicious, but it had me cracking up too. The Sound Kyde made when she discovered the pepper, as well as that being the Second time she had used Eric's first And last name so far in the video had me Cracking up X'D X'D X'D X'D X'D X'D X'D 3)........was Kyde drunk on the liqueur cherries at the end?? XD
I love Kyde's sense of humour! From "Someone hugging a pig for 2 hours" to "Pop up shop for prayers" to "Having a cherry scare the crap out of you!", I was laughing all through this video XD
Keep up the good work guys - very entertaining. :-) Cool, lived and worked in Croatia (mostly in Zagreb) about ten years ago - lovely place. If you have time, do Croatia's Adriatic coast drive... Pristine seaside coves with 1,250 islands off the coast, picturesque villages and towns. When I was there I was installing telecoms base stations around the more remoter parts of the country... There’s some amazing battle scared ghost towns dotted all over - quite spooky but very poignant. For instance, places like Dvigrad, Zavrsj, and Malo Grablje look like something from a Bohemian fairytale. Places like Kupari, Nakovana, and Daksa Island feel darker, and still show the scars of war. Also check out the Roman ruins at Pula. If you do any trekking inland, be careful and be on the lookout for brown bears, lynx, griffon vultures, and wolves. They’re actually quite prolific. There’s always too much to see... Maybe also do the Biokovo mountain range near Makarska. This’ll be a good itinerary (but include various diversions to do some exploring): * Zagreb * Buzet / Istra * Plitviče Lakes * Zadar * Krka National Park * Split * Brac * Makarska (Biokovo mountain range) * Dubrovnik There’s some touristy spots, which will be slowing down this time of year. However, there’s lots great places off the beaten track along the route. Also, the food can be amazing. Each part of Croatia has specific culinary regions: * Inland: Slavic, Hungarian, and Germanic inspired cuisine. The game, lamb, and boar dishes, usually prepared with wild mushrooms and truffles (they’re currently in season), will blow your mind. Especially the Peka stewed dishes, which you’ve already tried. * Costal: Mediterranean (Italian, Greek, and Turkish) inspired cuisine. The Adriatic fresh fish, shrimps, prawns, squid, cuttlefish, and octopus dishes are fantastic... I could eat the Brudet every day (similar to Bouillabaisse) but served with polenta. This might offend the Italians, but the black squid risottos and Adriatic pizzas I had along the northern coast where - well - damn good! Every day’s a pizza day - again! :-) The olive oils and truffles are the best in the world, especially around Istria. There’s fantastic places where you can go olive oil tasting. The Croatian cured hams almost rival Spanish jamón ibérico. Obviously there’s the wine tasting at a multitude of vineyards. It’s also truffle and mushroom season - you can hire guides to search for truffles and mushrooms (with the help of dogs, sometimes with the help of pigs), and then sample them in a meal later. There’s usually a truffle / food festival every weekend (Sept - Nov). Check out the website for dates. www.istria-gourmet.com/en/experiences/istrian_truffle/truffles_days trufflehunting.weebly.com
Thanks so much for the info and your advice really embodies what we loved about Croatia, but we filmed this in April and are actually back home now. We film tons of video in one shot and then it edits out over the following months, sorry it's a bit confusing! -E
Yeah, that makes sense. 😎 Can’t wait for your next instalments... You guys are inspiring me to visit Japan, and to go back and redo a lot of places throughout Europe. I’m a British van dweller, so I have no excuses. 🙂
Did he say making fuck? You both seem especially bright n happy in this video. You're Pop Culture references always make me laugh when I understand them. This week Seinfeld and Clerks.
Nice information and grateful for it, but could you stop saying "like" so damned often and "I saw this..." instead of I saw a'''" More precision in speech otherwise you sound childish.
It's also uncouth to tell strangers how to behave, so I guess none of us are royalty here. Glad you are grateful for our nice information though, I guess? -Eric
I have never watched an entire blog from start to finish, but you guys are awesome! I’m a Canadian living in Zg and I think your short descrptive journey through the city was great. You guys are a great team, adorable and very intuitive with each other. Great job with the vid!👍💪
Reasons to visit Nova Scotia, Canada... Because you say you like random canons being shot off... In our capital city of Halifax we shoot off a noon gun from the Citadel every day!
As a Croat I only found out from these travel vids that we got that cannon firing off in our capital. Shame on me indeed. What does your cannon fire commemorate?
Okay Kyde's backup singing? I perished of laughter. Freaking amazing and I love it. Just thought you needed to know. Thanks for this, Croatia is somewhere I really want to go, might have to make plans once I get some of that elusive money stuff.
Art museums are overdone (to me). When I worked in London a visit (between meetings) to the galleries in Trafalgar Square showed me that a piece of art needs it own space with time to enjoy it with no distraction by other art and with some explanation. Crowding lots of paintings by the same artist into the same space was not good for me. I would have thought that the art curators would know this. Or is it about visitor throughput?
I may be 2 years too late for this video but as a Croat I can give you an explanation on the cannon that shot at noon in Zagreb. City of Zagreb was surrounded by Ottomans somewhere in 16th century. They have marched upon the city of Sisak and they had their eyes set on Zagreb as well. The story goes that the cannon was brought from Vienna and it fired at noon during the Ottomans leaders lunch time. The Turks ran away as the cannon balls were hitting their camps and Croatian army defeated Turks at Sisak later on driving the Turks from the Croatian lands. You can say that the fall of the Ottoman rule in Croatia started as we start our noon in Zagreb, with a single shot of a cannon. xD
I’m only 9 months behind real time (and there’s a little bit of me thinks I said this already in an earlier viewing) But veal is from a calf. Essentially it’s beef but has the appearance of pork on account of the fact veal is from calves fed only milk. Some have moral objections to veal. Or at least some of the practices around producing it. Me? I just don’t like it. But that glorious dish of food could certainly have changed that. Absolutely famished after seeing that. Just like I was the first time I watched this. Damn you magnificent travellers. Damn you to hell (not really)
I'm so glad you decided to hit up Croatia! It's definitely on my list of European countries I'd love to visit. I'm anxiously awaiting the next installment! Dude, cherries are not berries! They are drupes, like peaches. Interestingly, bananas ARE berries...
The thing looking like a donut is a zeppoli, it is a common food on the east coast of the US, and is available in Italian restaurants and pizzerias. I think its hilarious listening to the talk about the cobblestones. I am a rollerblader and I have purchased special soft wheels to deal with some tough terrain, like Budapest, or places in Queens, NY. But the irony? The square in front of the quaint church, is a historic area from the Middle Ages. It is the first area that had free-thought and autonomy in the region. There is an area (like 2 square feet in size), where a fictional hero had a red-hot metal crown put on his head to silence him for wanting the serfs to be free. So that fictional place is physically demarcated and is the inception point of the move toward an egalitarian society and end of serfdom. Or, the Croatian seed of freedom. Oh yeah, that church with the colorful tiles has frescoes in it that were painted BEFORE Columbus made it to the new world. Also, one of the cobblestone streets is said to have been filled with blood when people in serf-Zagreb fought with the University area, which was free and under ownership of the Catholic Church. That happense to be the area where the duo describe "the outdoors church," which is actually called a shrine, in English. I mean, I didnt mind not rollerblading when i was taken to all these places and learned all this history from a local, who today works as a geneticist in California.
Great video of couple of travelers first time visiting Croatia. I really enjoyed watching it. btw sandwich was in lepinja (lepinya ,not pita) (Pita is Croatian name for a pie... I've watched the whole series of your Croatian videos and I like your adventurous touristic approach. Enjoyed it, and often made me laugh.
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1. Heck yes. I have a world map with tags where I've been and red paint where I'm not going and I book trips to places not marked in either colour. What I knew about Croatia? That it shows up in a lot of lists of "safest countries for solo female travellers."
Red paint, red paint ... Around here? Royal Mail postboxes ... a few old phone boxes used as libraries ... stop signs, no entry signs and speed limit signs, not that anyone seems to pay attention to them. In Croatia? I have *no* idea. I really ought to visit Croatia.
Wow! Im travelling to Zagreb next month and we will be coming from Vienna which is just a train ride. How long was the travel by bus from venice? We are taking Croatia bus to Trieste then train to venice s.l.
Totally love your videos, and learning a lot from each one!! You guys are super cute! And the food, everything you eat looks nice! (Except for McD, sorry... :-D :-D ) Having your videos on in the background, on my days off, when I`m doing housework etc. And they put me in a great mood! Love from Oslo
Cool, you guys are. It's refreshing to see normal people exploring in their own way, without the same shitty royalty free music in the background, and lame ass touristy editing.
I hope you had a nice bus ride thru my little country :) Industrial cannabis (no THC) and products from this type of cannabis of is legal in most European countries ;)
It is Rakia, like Nokia
I'm pretending a hedgehog is teaching us how to pronounce things. -E
😂😂😂😂😂
So, it's a Rockia, then?😎
My experience of Croatians is that they are, in general, one of Europe's most optimistic and happy people. I'm sure there are grumpy Croatians, but I've never met any. I think you'll have a great time.
We had the same experience! People were awesome. -E
So you've been in Croatia for less than 48 hours, right? :)
grcko grckic friendly and hospitable...:-)
I'm Croatian and i'm really grumpy when I'm by myself but being around people really seems to lift my mood
Well, they do not look happy, and I don t feel comfortable or optimisti with them. I even could not sleep.
Croatia for me , football since 1998. Museums are quite interesting to me, specially if you are in one with relics and objects from ancient civilizations. Indus valley, Babylonian etc etc
Great choice in going to Croatia! This will be my next destination after I go to Japan next year. You all have got to go see the Sea Organ in Zadar! I hear it's amazing!
Saw it! Ate a pizza near it! It was amazing! -E
Sweet! Can't wait to see that in a vlog. :)
WOW! Zagreb nice city!
It is!
'The Zagreb Cathedral on Kaptol is a Roman Catholic institution and not only the tallest building in Croatia but also the most monumental sacral building in Gothic style southeast of the Alps'- a pretty ordinary cathedral xD also, the construction started around 1200.
Not true. It's much newer, construction started in 1880. by Herman Bolle.
@@NukE30 Not true, inform yourself, please. Construction on the cathedral started shortly after death of King Ladislav and was finished in 1217 and consecrated by king Andrew II of Hungary. The cathedral was severely damaged in the 1880 Zagreb earthquake. The main nave collapsed and the tower was damaged beyond repair. The restoration of the cathedral in the Neo-Gothic style was led by Hermann Bollé, bringing the cathedral to its present form
@@paco9007 I am well aware of that, but the "restoration" was almost a ground-up rebuild in a completely different style from the original.
Punks are safe in Croatia. My mind is blow. I would seriously consider visiting there now.
2 hours of someone sweetly hugging a pig.... I thought you'd left Scotland?
Haha, oh my. -E
Pingvin! my favourite sandwich bar! :) dude, that small donat is called FRITULA, and you can take it with your fingers and pop it into yours mouth... no worries :D rakija should be pronounced rakeeya
Uštipak kralju, ne fritula
You should have tried medica (meditza). It's rakija with honey. It tricks you into drinking it because it's sweet but it hits like a train. Btw. Eric looks like this Croatian actor called Leon Lucev. I'm amazed by the similarity.
Haha, I don't think making rakija easier to drink is a good idea! I googled Leon Lucev and totally see what you mean! -E
I find it very interesting that they left the picture there and just added to the area instead of building a massive building dedicated to it, like most places would. Very neat!
Good point! -E
Croatia looks beautiful I can't wait for the next vid. And I like that you left in the Kyde blooper lol.
"A pop-up shop for prayer". :-)
Cool! I visited Zagreb 5 years ago and also went to that little chapel in the tunnel.
Nice! -E
Little info regarding this chapel. It's not in a tunnel, it's actually positioned in the only remaining one of the historic town gates of the city fortification!
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My wife is from Serbia, which all used to be part of Yugoslavia (so once was the same country as Croatia) so this is great as while they are different there are lots of similarities. Rakia (Rack-e-uh) is pretty savage sometimes. Dont make the mistake I made and drink a lot of other drinks and then drink Rakia. I literally remember nothing. My serbian friends all drink it in sips and if they are drinking that, they only drink Rakia (though you can have a shot or two and then drink beer and be fine :)
The food portions in all the balkan countries seems to be pretty huge!
Enjoy!
Yea, haha, Rakia is dangerous if you don't know what you are doing for sure! -E
You are experiencing Croatia the right way.
Thanks! We have a lot more from Croatia on the way, hope you enjoy that too! -E
Know what guys? This city,where I live,esp.the center got seriously destroyed by an earthquake last year,(actually two of them)so you were lucky to see it and enjoy its early spring vibe before this disaster happened! Yow wouldn`t believe how creepy it looks now.
Yea, we have some friends in Croatia who had family in towns that took a lot of damage, really horrible. -E
21:15 if mahogany had a flavour... #beyondcompare
"If mahogany had a flavour". Kyde's on form in this video.
Haha, she has a way with words. -E
The peka looked epic.
You should visit sljeme if you are still in zagreb.
Looks really nice! Unfortunately we aren't in Croatia anymore. -E
Drinking out in Croatia when you're young is the best. Hell you do it always. Warming up for going out. It would be weird if our couldn't do it. And there is never really any trouble or anything. Like of you let that happen in US, it would be horrible. It's because our culture is different
9:18 they are not foxes or bears. these are leopards. three leopards are the coat of arms of the Dalmatia
No they are not...they are 3 lions
My grandmother used to smoke hemp was popular in rural Croatia in Lika atleast dont know about Slavonia.
I'm digging the Jacques Cousteau look.
canon, and Tower Lotrščak
well legend says: that cannon scares Turkish army, apparently bullet fly even to river "Sava" and that scares Turkish army so they didn't attack Zagreb
From 1877 cannon shot in 12 o'clock every day
Stone gate: Legend says: "light a candle and ask the Virgin Mary for a wish"
small boards with gratitude on the wall are those of whose wishes were fulfilled
Just spent 3 days in Zagreb and I can only say NEVER AGAIN!
From the moment we set foot off the train we were engulfed in crowds of pushing, shoving, rude and obnoxious people!
Our impression of Zagreb is one of grey dreariness. It is definately not on a par with either Ljubljana or Budapest and their Christmas market(s) does not even remotely compare with Innsbruck, Nürnberg, Salzburg nor Ljubljana, Trieste or Budapest.
It seems everything on offer is copied from someone else. They hardly have a traditional cuisine. It is their version of hamburgers and hotdogs and little else.
Zagreb was good to us.
jes crowds to shove, push etc. Depends where you are from you will find that rude. But I cant agree with the christmas market, the center looks amazing. For local food there is a few places that make traditional Zagreb food, most restaurants are the same as croatians like simple food
" not indecisive, I just,- like, can't make up my mind " ah Kyde you make me laugh!😃.
Hahaha -E
good video. :D
In 1980 I was in Zagreb on lay over. Had a chance to walk around mostly in residential area. Thought was beautiful. Never had a chance to go back. Then it was Yugoslavia. Still have blanket I bought in subway station shop. And candle holders that were quite intricate brass.
homemade white sauce, the kind you put on girls, hope you enjoyed it, the narrative in this is full of innuendo like a slapstick carry on film,
Sorry guys, I am Zagrebian and unfortunately, I think it was a bit cheeky they sold you these "doughnuts" as it is not anything typical for Zagrebian cousine. Sorry.
Berserker? Lol, I loved "Clerks"
That and the Chewbacca song were our themes for Croatia, hahaha. -E
"Private Joker! Do you believe in the Virgin Mary?" "Sir, No Sir!" "Private Joker. I don't believe I heard you correctly!"
yeah slavs trade taste for high octane. Rakija is an acquired taste.
Some of it is quite good! -E
Kyde and Eric yep, orahovača is amazing, that alcoholic brown drink before peka is made from green walnuts, also cherries that you ate with ice cream is made similar to orahovača.
hongkongzorro, we're did you get that impression all "Slavs" are exactly the same... There is about 360 million of Slavic people around the globe, packed in large number of very different countries of different and distinctive heritage, history and unique culture in every single of them!
Even small Croatia is very complicated mixture of regions with it's own cultural characteristics, people's mentality, traditions, food characteristics!
And have you ever actually tasted different meals from various Croatian regions, esp. those from Istria and Dalmatia regions, but also central and easter parts of the country?!
Many foreigners do regard many of these specialties as some of the the tastiest, most sophisticated in all of the world!
Generalizations are ugly habit of lazy people my friend! Best regards!
@Verbal Dk
I'm not sure if you're actually bragging about this, supposedly "all slav" trait hence you're partly Slav, but still I don't think you can so easily put so many people in a same basket!
And I don't even know what it means to drink a lot, like "all Slavs"?!
Is it more, or less then, for instance, notorious English or Irish heavy drinking, ... ?!
Please, don't be ignorant!
@Verbal Dk Verbal Dk
Well I don't feel any brotherhood with a Russian or a Czech. I know for narrow minded people it's hard to comprehend that we are not the same and that we don't understand each other, but well :D feel free to think what you want.
Lions, not foxes or bears.
Veal isn't pig, no. It's baby cow. I don't know about Croatia, but in England it's actually a waste product from the dairy industry. Cows don't last forever, so they've got to be replaced, but half the calves are male and you only need one bull for several dairy herds, so you get a lot of spare bullocks. Those becomes veal. In other places they're bred specially to make veal and there have been some campaigns against it, but here it's a dairy byproduct.
Sounds like you found a distant relative of the Morrocan Tagine. We had good "chicken tagine" in a lot of places, but just once we got to make our own and do it *right* (and slowly).
*Sableagle* ~It is actually one of [ if not THE ] *cruelest,* and *least* "humane", of ALL the 'methods' of "raising livestock" [ ...really, *baby* "livestock"... ] as/for "meat"; hence, the *many,* actually, "campaigns against it"!!!
If it's done on purpose, yes, but in *Britain* nobody breeds cattle to produce veal. They breed cattle to produce *milk* and get a lot of unwanted male calves, which they immediately kill and then *try* to sell as veal. Nobody's breeding them to make veal here because they can't sell all the veal they're *accidentally* producing as part of the dairy business.
**Sableagle* ~Well...that, too, is something that doesn't quite thrill me, tbh; although i do, of course, realise that *very* few people would be willing [ and able ] to care for, look-after, and raise, all of the 'excess' male calves who are born! Oh, and...i, too, am a Brit, btw ({: D ...!!
Oh my, the sandwiches at Pingvin in Teslina street are the best.
Can't wait till I come back home to Zagreb to eat one of these again.
!! Living the dream! It's been great getting to be a third wheel on your adventures B)
Thanks for wheeling with us! -E
Ahhh Kamenita Vrata! I love that place 💗
"My love for you is like a truck"
Greetings from Split
Raaakijaaaaaaaaa✊✊
I'm sooo glad I found your channel! Your optimism is amazing, thanks! If you come to Maribor, Slovenia, I would love to show you around (of course not clinging to you!). In any case - have a great life!
Thanks so much, glad you found us!! Hope we do visit Slovenia someday. -E
Just to inform you. Zagreb was hit by a severe earthquake on Sunday morning, March 22, 2020.
Yea, we have friends there and heard from them. Crazy, hope everything there returns to normal soon. -E
9:19 three leopard heads simbol of dalmatia
@@devindersingh6936 Croatia is not third world county a lot of people here is speaking english.
@@devindersingh6936 Split Croatia turist destination
Rakija is Croatian tequila .. lol nice video, you are funny and interesting to watch.... i notice you like sweets, you should try Croatian Nutella, Lino lada; duo, white, coconut, nougat and gold (different tastes) . I wonder when did you film this video, becouse this days in ZG temperatures are high, about 30 degrees... enjoy and greet's... :)
It was filmed in April. Glad you enjoyed! -E
Thanks for sharing Croatia! Your recent travels have taken me places I won't be able to go because of the walking, climbing, hiking. But, enjoyed all you have shared and am so looking forward to what you find in Croatia - the surprises are great.
Glad you've been coming along with us! Lots more surprises from Croatia on the way! -E
We travel to Croatia each year. Lodging aside, what did life cost on a daily basis? 1 USD is about 7 Kuna now.
Many thanks!
I don't remember enough to give an accurate estimate, but for Europe it was reasonable prices. -E
Whoa! Eric’s sonar skills are solid. We love “science with Kyde and Eric”
That was a really good video, the Beserker bit at the end was priceless.
The Clerks reference made me fall a little bit more in love with you guys.
10:20 "Can you imagine like all the people standing out here, that are 'we'?"
Here is a nice video from the 'we are we'-party this summer: th-cam.com/video/dIpz1KXckfY/w-d-xo.html
Yea, we saw that when it happened! Absolutely crazy! -E
Those dounts are called "fritule"
I hope you will enjoy Zagreb as well as I did last Christmas, amazing city!
It was amazing! -E
Thanky you for great videos every time
Eric's outfit on point... Red hat, white face, and blue hoodie...
15:07 Awwww... poor Kyde...
34:40 Whoa... Mega Sundae...! plus it's dark cherry... :)
41:04 ...Clerks... ;)
so nobody told you guys parliament was on St Mark's square? And you didn't read about what the stone gate is all about? The people are praying because they believe they will get their prayers answered, and when they do, they place plaques with thankyous for answered prayers. Not rajika, rakiya.
arent people always praying hoping they will be answered ?
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wt....I never knew about that tunnel !!
in Croatia did you know hum is the smallest town in the world that is in CROATIA
Yea, we read that! -E
Ok 1) Zagreb looks Really pretty actually. Wasn't expecting that.
2) That Meal! Not only did it look Delicious, but it had me cracking up too. The Sound Kyde made when she discovered the pepper, as well as that being the Second time she had used Eric's first And last name so far in the video had me Cracking up X'D X'D X'D X'D X'D X'D X'D
3)........was Kyde drunk on the liqueur cherries at the end?? XD
Haha, the cherries were pretty strong. -E
I wonder what do people in the west think of Croatia?
I love Kyde's sense of humour! From "Someone hugging a pig for 2 hours" to "Pop up shop for prayers" to "Having a cherry scare the crap out of you!", I was laughing all through this video XD
Haha, yea, she was really riffing it, haha. -E
Waiting to see if you go to Dubrovnik before making the jokes of hitting up the Red Keep or the Sept of the Seven.
Haha, is this GOT stuff?
Keep up the good work guys - very entertaining. :-)
Cool, lived and worked in Croatia (mostly in Zagreb) about ten years ago - lovely place.
If you have time, do Croatia's Adriatic coast drive... Pristine seaside coves with 1,250 islands off the coast, picturesque villages and towns.
When I was there I was installing telecoms base stations around the more remoter parts of the country... There’s some amazing battle scared ghost towns dotted all over - quite spooky but very poignant.
For instance, places like Dvigrad, Zavrsj, and Malo Grablje look like something from a Bohemian fairytale. Places like Kupari, Nakovana, and Daksa Island feel darker, and still show the scars of war.
Also check out the Roman ruins at Pula.
If you do any trekking inland, be careful and be on the lookout for brown bears, lynx, griffon vultures, and wolves. They’re actually quite prolific.
There’s always too much to see... Maybe also do the Biokovo mountain range near Makarska.
This’ll be a good itinerary (but include various diversions to do some exploring):
* Zagreb
* Buzet / Istra
* Plitviče Lakes
* Zadar
* Krka National Park
* Split
* Brac
* Makarska (Biokovo mountain range)
* Dubrovnik
There’s some touristy spots, which will be slowing down this time of year. However, there’s lots great places off the beaten track along the route.
Also, the food can be amazing. Each part of Croatia has specific culinary regions:
* Inland: Slavic, Hungarian, and Germanic inspired cuisine. The game, lamb, and boar dishes, usually prepared with wild mushrooms and truffles (they’re currently in season), will blow your mind. Especially the Peka stewed dishes, which you’ve already tried.
* Costal: Mediterranean (Italian, Greek, and Turkish) inspired cuisine. The Adriatic fresh fish, shrimps, prawns, squid, cuttlefish, and octopus dishes are fantastic... I could eat the Brudet every day (similar to Bouillabaisse) but served with polenta. This might offend the Italians, but the black squid risottos and Adriatic pizzas I had along the northern coast where - well - damn good! Every day’s a pizza day - again! :-)
The olive oils and truffles are the best in the world, especially around Istria. There’s fantastic places where you can go olive oil tasting. The Croatian cured hams almost rival Spanish jamón ibérico. Obviously there’s the wine tasting at a multitude of vineyards. It’s also truffle and mushroom season - you can hire guides to search for truffles and mushrooms (with the help of dogs, sometimes with the help of pigs), and then sample them in a meal later.
There’s usually a truffle / food festival every weekend (Sept - Nov). Check out the website for dates.
www.istria-gourmet.com/en/experiences/istrian_truffle/truffles_days
trufflehunting.weebly.com
Thanks so much for the info and your advice really embodies what we loved about Croatia, but we filmed this in April and are actually back home now. We film tons of video in one shot and then it edits out over the following months, sorry it's a bit confusing! -E
Yeah, that makes sense. 😎
Can’t wait for your next instalments...
You guys are inspiring me to visit Japan, and to go back and redo a lot of places throughout Europe.
I’m a British van dweller, so I have no excuses. 🙂
Did he say making fuck?
You both seem especially bright n happy in this video.
You're Pop Culture references always make me laugh when I understand them. This week Seinfeld and Clerks.
"In a row?"
@@kydeanderic Thirty seven.
Guys what was the name of the place you had Peka at?
I think it was Konoba Didov san. -E
Love the sound at 15:00 lol.
Nice information and grateful for it, but could you stop saying "like" so damned often and "I saw this..." instead of I saw a'''" More precision in speech otherwise you sound childish.
and don't talk with your mouth crammed full of food
It's also uncouth to tell strangers how to behave, so I guess none of us are royalty here. Glad you are grateful for our nice information though, I guess? -Eric
I have never watched an entire blog from start to finish, but you guys are awesome! I’m a Canadian living in Zg and I think your short descrptive journey through the city was great. You guys are a great team, adorable and very intuitive with each other. Great job with the vid!👍💪
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! -E
Reasons to visit Nova Scotia, Canada...
Because you say you like random canons being shot off... In our capital city of Halifax we shoot off a noon gun from the Citadel every day!
Sounds good! -E
As a Croat I only found out from these travel vids that we got that cannon firing off in our capital. Shame on me indeed. What does your cannon fire commemorate?
Okay Kyde's backup singing? I perished of laughter. Freaking amazing and I love it. Just thought you needed to know. Thanks for this, Croatia is somewhere I really want to go, might have to make plans once I get some of that elusive money stuff.
Kevin Smith rules . Loved the vid !!
Which restaurant and which meal is it ? link please. I would like to try this.
I think you are looking for this place. goo.gl/maps/qJutSR4jFpwFnim96
Art museums are overdone (to me). When I worked in London a visit (between meetings) to the galleries in Trafalgar Square showed me that a piece of art needs it own space with time to enjoy it with no distraction by other art and with some explanation. Crowding lots of paintings by the same artist into the same space was not good for me. I would have thought that the art curators would know this. Or is it about visitor throughput?
The 'doughnuts' are called Fritule, you usually eat them with white sugar, chocolate etc.
I may be 2 years too late for this video but as a Croat I can give you an explanation on the cannon that shot at noon in Zagreb. City of Zagreb was surrounded by Ottomans somewhere in 16th century. They have marched upon the city of Sisak and they had their eyes set on Zagreb as well. The story goes that the cannon was brought from Vienna and it fired at noon during the Ottomans leaders lunch time. The Turks ran away as the cannon balls were hitting their camps and Croatian army defeated Turks at Sisak later on driving the Turks from the Croatian lands. You can say that the fall of the Ottoman rule in Croatia started as we start our noon in Zagreb, with a single shot of a cannon. xD
I’m only 9 months behind real time (and there’s a little bit of me thinks I said this already in an earlier viewing) But veal is from a calf. Essentially it’s beef but has the appearance of pork on account of the fact veal is from calves fed only milk. Some have moral objections to veal. Or at least some of the practices around producing it. Me? I just don’t like it. But that glorious dish of food could certainly have changed that. Absolutely famished after seeing that. Just like I was the first time I watched this. Damn you magnificent travellers. Damn you to hell (not really)
I'm so glad you decided to hit up Croatia! It's definitely on my list of European countries I'd love to visit. I'm anxiously awaiting the next installment!
Dude, cherries are not berries! They are drupes, like peaches. Interestingly, bananas ARE berries...
But it rhymes with "berry!" Hahaaa. -E
@@kydeanderic Fair point! I'll consider them berries from now on. 😁
Im from Zagreb!! Omgg
Beautiful ❤️ city I wish I could be there.
Those potatoes....my favorite here in Greece is chicken with lemon potatoes cooked in the oven. Delish!!
Zagreb seems to be a lovely city.
It was! -E
Kyde is so funny
I agree. -E
Veal is a calf(baby cow)that has been fed totally on milk,no solid food..!
Oh man....now I want to try peka!!!!!
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The thing looking like a donut is a zeppoli, it is a common food on the east coast of the US, and is available in Italian restaurants and pizzerias.
I think its hilarious listening to the talk about the cobblestones. I am a rollerblader and I have purchased special soft wheels to deal with some tough terrain, like Budapest, or places in Queens, NY. But the irony? The square in front of the quaint church, is a historic area from the Middle Ages. It is the first area that had free-thought and autonomy in the region. There is an area (like 2 square feet in size), where a fictional hero had a red-hot metal crown put on his head to silence him for wanting the serfs to be free. So that fictional place is physically demarcated and is the inception point of the move toward an egalitarian society and end of serfdom. Or, the Croatian seed of freedom. Oh yeah, that church with the colorful tiles has frescoes in it that were painted BEFORE Columbus made it to the new world.
Also, one of the cobblestone streets is said to have been filled with blood when people in serf-Zagreb fought with the University area, which was free and under ownership of the Catholic Church. That happense to be the area where the duo describe "the outdoors church," which is actually called a shrine, in English.
I mean, I didnt mind not rollerblading when i was taken to all these places and learned all this history from a local, who today works as a geneticist in California.
Awesome info! -E
Every country has it's subculture, of course.
Very good to discovery Zagreb in tis way, awesome you are! Tx!
you guys randomly walked in to one of the best sandwich places in town lol
Great video of couple of travelers first time visiting Croatia. I really enjoyed watching it. btw sandwich was in lepinja (lepinya ,not pita) (Pita is Croatian name for a pie... I've watched the whole series of your Croatian videos and I like your adventurous touristic approach. Enjoyed it, and often made me laugh.
Glad you enjoyed! -E
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1. Heck yes. I have a world map with tags where I've been and red paint where I'm not going and I book trips to places not marked in either colour.
What I knew about Croatia? That it shows up in a lot of lists of "safest countries for solo female travellers."
Haha, what has red paint on it?!
Are you growing your beard out for Christmas?
Haah, I'm growing it out for the sake of being lazy. -E
Red paint, red paint ... Around here? Royal Mail postboxes ... a few old phone boxes used as libraries ... stop signs, no entry signs and speed limit signs, not that anyone seems to pay attention to them. In Croatia? I have *no* idea. I really ought to visit Croatia.
Wow! Im travelling to Zagreb next month and we will be coming from Vienna which is just a train ride. How long was the travel by bus from venice? We are taking Croatia bus to Trieste then train to venice s.l.
I don't recall, it was many hours but I can't remember just how many. -E
Totally love your videos, and learning a lot from each one!! You guys are super cute! And the food, everything you eat looks nice! (Except for McD, sorry... :-D :-D ) Having your videos on in the background, on my days off, when I`m doing housework etc. And they put me in a great mood! Love from Oslo
Glad you are enjoying our videos so! -E
Dalmatia is pronounced Dalmaysha
Cool, you guys are. It's refreshing to see normal people exploring in their own way, without the same shitty royalty free music in the background, and lame ass touristy editing.
Haha, glad you enjoyed! We make videos we'd want to watch, and we usually skip those videos with the music in the background, haha. -E
The party did actualy take place in the tunnel during croatian war for independance 1993. (1991-1995.) ;)
Yea, crazy! -E
I hope you had a nice bus ride thru my little country :)
Industrial cannabis (no THC) and products from this type of cannabis of is legal in most European countries ;)
We would love to have stopped, but Europe is so full of stuff to see it's hard to decide where to get off the bus! One day! -E
"Two hours of somebody hugging a pig"
We visited Croatia 🇭🇷... it’s really great and people are quite good ...
Agreed! -E
I love seeing you guys drink major alcoholic drinks!