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Post by galant on Feb 4, 2009 21:14:10 GMT 1
the women may be beautful but they are cold, and love to wear the pants in the family!whats the use if they are so beautiful, you can just look and weep. it would be better if they were warm and more average looking, than hot and cold as ice on pms steroids.
and the gastronomy of croatia doesnt really go back to ancient times, no matter what vijeko barbieri may say in his jelovnici izgubljenog vrimena. The thing is, the more primitive you get with food,m the more it seems to be from ancient times, if you think of it klike that than croats do eat ancient recipes haha. whats ancient: cevape turkish. sarma turkish, fish every one eats fish actually croats are the lowers consumers of fish in the med, actually amongst the lowers consumers of olive oil up until about 5 years ago when it became a wwide fad. so whats the ancient gastronomy? lamb on spit? pig on spit? dunno.... many nations make kulen and prschutto, french salad is russian. etc... whats the ancient food? tomatoes and corn came from stzh america.
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Post by dalmatino on Feb 4, 2009 22:11:41 GMT 1
and the gastronomy of croatia doesnt really go back to ancient times, no matter what vijeko barbieri may say in his jelovnici izgubljenog vrimena. The thing is, the more primitive you get with food,m the more it seems to be from ancient times, if you think of it klike that than croats do eat ancient recipes haha. whats ancient: cevape turkish. sarma turkish, fish every one eats fish actually croats are the lowers consumers of fish in the med, actually amongst the lowers consumers of olive oil up until about 5 years ago when it became a wwide fad. so whats the ancient gastronomy? lamb on spit? pig on spit? dunno.... many nations make kulen and prschutto, french salad is russian. etc... whats the ancient food? tomatoes and corn came from stzh america. obviously you know nothing about dalmatian cuisine if you are talking about sadma, kulen french salad cevapcici. maybe you are too poor to afford something edible. get a life, you fool.
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Post by Anna on Feb 4, 2009 22:23:34 GMT 1
Again, no need for insults.
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Post by galant on Feb 4, 2009 23:25:13 GMT 1
man your insults are flying. i am a "gurman" as croats like to say, i love food, i know all about croatian food. im a gurman from way back, i can compare croat food to egyptian, turkish, afghan, greek algerian, italian, etc... i have owned and run businesses in croatia and abroad. i have had business with opcine in croatia, and friendly council staff abroad. i can compare croatias legal and accounting practices with my experience abroad. i was here in i was here on and off htroughout the 90's to today. i can compare pre and post commy, post war mentality. i have seen how croatias own incompetence has thumbled croatias assets through the 10 thumbs of croat political corrupt leader$$. and dalmatino, its exactly your typical attitudude that will lead to the end of what croatia could have been and never will be. no i wont go back to where i came from. i like it here , its a country with potential, sad watching it all go to waste, the weather is ok, the coast is beautiful with all the islands and relatively unpolluted. and your oppinions are pathetic, i criticise a social climate of a nation and you attack me on a personal level? you assume that someone needs to be wealthy to eat a traditional croatian meal "ancient recipe" ? and then presume that i cannot afford such a meal, that i am poor and that i should get a life? i would be a very very rich man if i could get back every kuna i spent in a croatian restaurant and cafe...very very rich man. what was i thinking. ?? please give us an eg of one of your traditional croatian "ancient "recipes?
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Post by irac on Feb 5, 2009 0:08:27 GMT 1
Carol is completely correct, but failed to add a couple of other important factors: 1. ignorance 2. ego I agree 1. Not in the world, but one of the most beautiful and cleanest in Europe 2. Women are more beautiful than any country I've been, except for Argentina - but this is my personal view 3. Dalmatia has very rich cultural, historical, architectural and gastronomical heritage from ancient times. I agree Again, I agree - the prices are very inflated, and the number one side guilty is corrupted local government. Our property section had 7 sales in 2008 (less than a third from 2007) and half the number of individual clients from 2006. The lady who looks after tours said there were almost 1/3 less bookings than 2007 and for this year advance bookings are the same. Croatia is not a viable low cost destination, even our staple middle class German speaking clients are looking for better and cheaper spots. Overall 2008 is stacking up to be the tightest year ever. This is not the case with my business. Last two years we invested a lot, and our results are very good. Croatia is not a low cost destination because food, energy, real estate prices are as high as in the E.U. 1. Not in the world, but one of the most beautiful and cleanest in Europe 2. Women are more beautiful than any country I've been, except for Argentina - but this is my personal view 3. Dalmatia has very rich cultural, historical, architectural and gastronomical heritage from ancient times. Again, I agree - the prices are very inflated, and the number one side guilty is corrupted local government. This is not the case with my business. Last two years we invested a lot, and our results are very good. Croatia is not a low cost destination because food, energy, real estate prices are as high as in the E.U. The Croatian coast is okay, but cannot match the sea off Antakya, the Giants causeway or any number of spots in northern Spain or western France, even the beautiful Baltic dune beaches are unbelieveable. Sadly the Croatian coast is not as unspoiled as it should be, but gradually the pollution will taper off, Zadar has improved alot, so too Sibenik and Trogir will get better as time passes. Dalmatino, I urge you to travel a little more, and not just lok at websites with Argentinian girls on them! Galant is partially right saying local women are cold, based on the posing types it's the same in any country. But when you hit the former Soviet countries, the Middle East, or take a walk through London, or see Moroccan women, no, I'll stop there or I'll get myself in trouble. Sadly our neighbouring females in Serbia have far more going for them looks and personality wise, while the Italian ladies are beautiful but colder, maybe Croatia will find a balance some day. Food is Croatia is poor, a mish mash of Germanic, Italian and Turkish fare, and none of it done well. It's not surprising in Slavic countries, most of the food is bland, tasteless and starchy. But in small places they have learned to experiment and try make the food attractive, unfortunately the Russian sarma, Turkish cevapi and east Slavic grah just lead to lack of energy and drive. Dalmatino is right regarding corruption, sure greedy locals have a hand in the mess we see, but the government mesing around with licences and horrifically poor advertising is just going to destroy whats left of tourism in Croatia. Croatia is certainly not low cost, but sadly it's low value. But for some reason the "professionals" in Croatian tourism seem to think that prices can remain at suicidal levels and offer nothing in return.
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Post by darcy on Feb 5, 2009 0:19:57 GMT 1
Dalmatino The Sckoutor does not deserve any comments.
Bad food is also result of the "tourist" structure. More I think I do not feel we are talking about the "tourism" in Croatia - I think we are talking about the "expats tourism". I think to increase the "tourist" numbers the best thing will be to increase migration from Croatia.
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Post by irac on Feb 5, 2009 0:41:22 GMT 1
Don't knock the poor ex-pats darcy, without them and the CIA, MI5 and Germans HDZ wouldn't have been able to drag the country into war, same for Serbians malcontents abroad! Plus if it wasn't for the ones who went abroad to raise families there wouldn't be an international soccer team worth talking about!
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Post by francis on Apr 24, 2009 18:35:13 GMT 1
capital canes, can any one tell me with the new law, do you still have to pay capital canes if it less than the three year of ownership? that was under the old law for aliens,
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Post by crojoe on Apr 24, 2009 19:23:49 GMT 1
If you’re talking about having to pay the higher end of tax (30% or more) for selling your property before 3 years, then I think it's still in place? Keeps foreigners from coming in to "flip that holiday house", then selling it on for a nice little profit (what a shame).
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Post by riki on Apr 25, 2009 16:50:17 GMT 1
House flipping would be great in Croatia!
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Post by crojoe on Apr 25, 2009 17:57:44 GMT 1
Yea, if they started the TV program in Croatia "flip my house", we all know whose houses would get flipped first. I suggest they go "flip" the immigration office in Zagreb first (I know I'm being selfish).
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Post by galant on Apr 25, 2009 19:37:03 GMT 1
yeah house flippin would be great in croatia. but theres too much beaurocratic crap involved. i was talking about that with someone today. it really is a nightmare that everything in croatia is NO NO NO. it ios amazing. if i were to go back to australia now, id become a house flipper, i really would. its easy to open a fiorm over there, get yourself a lawyer and accountent, and its easy. they are all friendly normal people, who will explain things. but then you have croatia on the other extreme, totaly differenmt, totaly weird, totaly NO towards everything., and its all too expensive and too complicated. is it jeoulsy? is it forcing some beaurocrat to work? what the hell is it?
they need to flip the sabor first, get those old farts out of there. but i dont rekon these young ones are any better, from what ive seen alot of the young ones who want to be in politics are also a bit money money money hungry. with that...youre stupid if you cant find your way mentality. easy to find your way when u have connections, your dads a former commy with all the connections etc... small time illuminati impersonators. some of them even have the 666 number plates.
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Post by galant on Apr 25, 2009 19:45:50 GMT 1
you couldnt get the paperwork to flip a dog house in cro. youd have to look for connections.
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